About the Law Firms
Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire
Packard, Packard & Johnson
Nix, Patterson & Roach
Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire
Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire (TBM) is a leading San Diego litigation firm with strong
business dispute and personal injury litigation departments. Founded in 1978, TBM has
earned numerous commendations, among them the designation in 1982 by American Lawyer
magazine as one of 20 outstanding new firms in the nation (less than six years old)
and one of only four from California to be selected. In 1983 TBM was selected as one
of the seven leading firms in San Diego by San Diego Magazine.
The following years saw peer awards conferred with astonishing regularity. Among them
are "Trial Lawyer of the Year," "Outstanding Trial Lawyer," "The Best Lawyers in America,"
"San Diego's Top Attorney," and the "David E. Casey Award for Excellence in Trial Work."
TBM's founding partners have been included in every edition of The Best Lawyers In America
since its inception in 1987.
TBM has extensive experience going up against the largest opponents in the nation. It has successfully
litigated cases against Shell Oil, The City of San Diego, General Dynamics, Reader's Digest,
San Diego Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison, the U.S. Government, and others too numerous to mention.
TBM specializes in personal injury, wrongful death, eminent domain, condemnation, construction defects,
medical malpractice and other areas of plaintiff litigation. Its business law department handles franchise
disputes, eminent domain law, partnership disputes, breach of contract, fraud and fraudulent conveyance problems.
For more information, please see www.tbmlawyers.com.
Packard, Packard & Johnson
Packard, Packard & Johnson, PC (PP&J) is one of the country's leading law firms representing clients in
connection with False Claims Act (whistleblower) lawsuits. It also represents clients in connection with
large, nationwide consumer class actions and in other matters involving fraud and wrongful conduct. PP&J has a
history of aggressively handling lawsuits that are factually and legally complex and that have often required
it to advance, successfully, novel theories of liability and damage that have not previously been considered
by the courts. PP&J has offices in California, Utah and Texas and has obtained more than one-half billion
dollars in client recoveries. It has successfully pursued numerous Fortune 500 and other internationally
recognized companies including, Apple Computer, Bearing Point, British Petroleum, Chevron, Compaq, Dell Computer,
Digital Equipment Corporation, Ernst & Young, Exxon, Disney, General Motors, Hercules, Hewlett Packard,
IBM, KPMG, Liberty Mutual, Lockheed Martin/Loral, Lucas International, Mobil, NEC, Packard Bell,
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Shell Oil, Sony, Texaco, Toshiba, U.S. West and Volkswagen.
PP&J's cases have been reported in such nationally distributed periodicals as TIME magazine and
USA Today. Its cases have been profiled in a number of articles in the Wall Street Journal,
including feature articles on Page One. PP&J is known for aggressively protecting the rights of its clients
against corporate wrongdoers no matter what their size. For more information, please visit
www.packard.com.
Nix, Patterson & Roach
Known for its historic $17 billion recovery on behalf of the State of Texas in the Texas tobacco litigation,
Nix, Patterson & Roach (NPR) is one of the premier plaintiffs' law firms in the nation. Today,
NPR represents clients harmed by corporate greed, fraud and carelessness. Whether the harm stems from
defective products, exposure to toxic substances, patent infringement or securities fraud, NPR's attorneys
have repeatedly proven their ability to deliver results. In just this past year, for example, NPR obtained
final approval of more than $322 million in settlements in the Delphi Securities Litigation and has reached
an agreement in principle in the Brocade Securities Litigation, whereby Brocade will pay $160 million to
resolve securities fraud claims leveled against it by NPR and its clients.
With over twenty lawyers in its state-of-the-art offices in Dallas, Texarkana and Daingerfield, Texas,
as well as in Louisiana and Tennessee, NPR stands ready to help those who have been harmed at the
hands of others. For more information, please visit www.nixlawfirm.com.
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