Joel R. Bennett has earned an outstanding reputation as an antitrust trial lawyer and has obtained many significant jury verdicts in favor of his clients as well as landmark appellate decisions.  He has significant experience trying and settling both state and federal antitrust and unfair competition cases.  Representative matters are as follows:

• Won a $4 million jury verdict against a leading swimming pool supply company in Southern California.
  
• Won, with a team of lawyers, a $15 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson.
  
• Won, with a team of lawyers, a verdict in excess of $2 million against Times Mirror Company.
  
• After a four week jury trial, settled an antitrust counter claim for $750,000. Settled, after a four week jury trial, an antitrust case against a major telephone company for $ 1,250,000.

Intellectual Property Litigation  
         
Mr. Bennett has substantial expertise in preparing and trying intellectual property matters, including trade secret and patent cases. As part of a team of lawyers, we successfully invalidated a patent after a four week jury trial on behalf of a major pharmaceutical company. 

Complex Business Litigation  

The Law Offices of Joel R. Bennet  has extensive experience in trying and settling complex business and commercial litigation.  These matters include:

• A $5 million jury verdict win against a yellow-pages publishing company for breach of contract.
• Won a $10 million judgment from the California Superior Court for breach of contract.
• Won a $1 million jury verdict, including attorney's fees, for breach of a promissory note.
• Won, as a part of a team representing the defendant, a jury verdict invalidating the plaintiff's patent.