Wayne Gross

04/08/2013

announces formation of Greenberg Gross to Focus on High-Stakes Commercial Cases

• Partners grabbed national headlines for $50 million jury verdict • Specializing in high-stakes commercial cases • Partner Wayne Gross is President of Orange County Bar

02/11/2013

commented in Bloomberg on Judge Carter's assignment to S&P Lawsuit, saying, among other things: "Both sides could not have gotten a better judge."

A former prosecutor and Vietnam War veteran who travels to Afghanistan to help reform the judiciary in that war-torn country will preside over the U.S. government’s lawsuit against Standard & Poor’s.

01/08/2013

was quoted in the OC Register about the UC Irvine’s law school bar exam pass rate. The inaugural graduating class of UC Irvine’s law school beat out UCLA and Berkley with regards to bar exam pass rate.

IRVINE – The inaugural graduating class of UC Irvine's law school has bested every law school in California except Stanford with a state bar exam pass rate of 90 percent this year, but observers say the fledgling institution still has big hills to climb as it works toward becoming a top 20 U.S. law ...

02/06/2011

discussed about how OC County Supervisors still can't agree on whether or not to regulate lobbyists and UC's recent 8% tuition hike on "Inside with OC with Rick Reiff."

08/21/2010

was recently quoted in “Law360” about Mike Piazza – another partner at Greenberg Traurig– saying, “Piazza…combines the very best of the private side and the very best experiences of the SEC. Mike is one of the absolute best strategic thinkers in the game today. Sometimes in this business you need a sledgehammer. Sometimes you need a scalpel. He knows when to use both.” (Richard Vanderford / Law360 / August 19, 2010)

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Greenberg Traurig LLP's Mike Piazza led the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission to one of its largest-ever trial wins against an individual, netting $22.3 million in an accounting fraud case against former Gemstar CEO Henry Yuen, before moving to private practice, where he has continued to win plaud...

08/15/2010

recently appeared on the “Inside OC with Rick Reiff” discussing how the recession took its toll on public transportation in Orange County with bus drivers being laid off and routes shutting down. However, could the buses be revving up once again with the city of Irvine and the county grand jury embracing mass transit? Wayne discusses this subject as well as other topics along with his fellow panelists Deborah Gavello, Tustin City Council; and journalist, Will Swain.

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03/23/2010

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01/09/2010

Former KB Home head honcho Bruce Karatz has accused federal prosecutors of manipulating witnesses in his upcoming option-backdating trial.

01/07/2010

Former KB Home Chief Executive Bruce Karatz, center, leaves federal court in Los Angeles with fiancee Lilly Tartikoff after his arraignment. He is scheduled to stand trial Feb. 23 on 20 counts of fraud and making false statements related to an investigation of the company's option grants. ...

01/06/2010

Orange County Attorney Wayne Gross analyzed the government’s drug case against Broadcom co-founder Henry Nicholas for a story that ran on the front page of today’s Orange County Business Journal.

01/06/2010

A judge dismissed the felony case against Broadcom Corp. co-founder Henry Samueli, flanked by his wife, Susan, and attorney Gordon Greenberg, moments after he finished testifying in the criminal trial of another former Broadcom executive. (Benjamin Reed / Los Angeles Times / June 23, 2008)

01/06/2010

http://www.ocregister.com/news/broadcom-224225-nicholas-judge.html

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