Areas of Practice
Commercial law, theft of trade secrets, employment law, healthcare litigation and life sciences

Represents businesses and individuals in a variety of complex business litigation matters, including trade secret litigation, state and federal antitrust class actions, fiduciary duty claims, breach of contract and commercial fraud actions, employment disputes, Proposition 65 actions, tortious interference and negligence claims, intellectual property disputes, and suits alleging violations of California’s unfair business practices and unfair competition laws

Representative Experience
Mr. Dawood appears regularly in both state and federal courts, AAA and JAMS arbitration proceedings, and has also argued matters before the National Association of Securities Dealers and other administrative tribunals.

• Defending national retailer in two federal class action suits alleging willful violation of the Federal Fair and Accurate Credit Reporting Act (FACTA)

• Defending large Japanese electronics manufacturer in nationwide antitrust class actions consolidated by the Multi-District Litigation Panel in the Northern District of California

• Defended Chinese fiber-optic cable manufacturer against multi-million dollar breach of contract allegations in JAMS arbitration hearing

• Prosecuted and defended financial institutions and other businesses in theft of trade secret claims in state and federal court and in arbitration proceedings

• Defended international software company in licensing dispute

• Defended major hospital in AAA arbitration proceeding alleging fraud, negligence, and unfair business practices claims

• Defended financial institution against alleged federal security law violations in arbitration before the National Association of Securities Dealers and on appeal before 9th Circuit Court of Appeal

• Defended large hospital against damages claim arising from denial of physician staff privileges

• Defended provider of durable medical goods in government investigations of Medicare and MediCal fraud

• Defended employers against employee wrongful termination claims

• Defended officers and directors of corporations against breach of fiduciary duty claims

• Defended health insurance plan against breach of contract and fraud claims and prevailed on cross-claim

• Defended advertising agency against breach of contract claims

• Represented telecommunications provider in eminent domain actions

Lead attorney in several court trials and arbitration hearings

Represents immigrants pro bono in matters before the Immigration Courts

Prior Experience
Foley & Lardner, San Francisco

McDonough, Holland & Allen

U.S. Department of Justice

Memberships and Activities
California State Bar Association

District of Columbia Bar Association

Education
J.D., University of California at Davis School of Law

• Editor, Law Review