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Brent Brougher is a first chair trial lawyer with broad commercial litigation experience. He has successfully handled numerous jury and bench trials, mediations, arbitrations, and appeals. Mr. Brougher’s primary recent emphasis has been pursuing insurance coverage on behalf of corporate policyholders in complex, high-profile matters across the country.
Insurance Recovery:
Obtained defense costs and insurance coverage for a settlement arising out of high-profile #MeToo movement case, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Won a multi-million dollar jury verdict in federal district court in Cleveland, Ohio. Including defense costs awarded on appeal, obtained a $13.5 million insurance coverage judgment arising out of third party claims related to a failed real estate project near Orlando, Florida. See IMG Worldwide, Inc. v. Westchester Fire Ins. Co., 2014 WL 3409044 (6th Cir. July 15, 2014).
Filed suit and negotiated settlements for insurance and indemnity arising out of class actions brought by former NCAA student-athletes alleging misappropriation of names and likenesses, including seminal case by Ed O’Bannon, former basketball player at UCLA. Among other things, we obtained an anti-suit injunction that was upheld by the Eleventh Circuit. See Collegiate Licensing Co. v. American Cas. Co. of Reading, Pa., 713 F.3d 71 (11th Cir. 2013).
Filed multi-million dollar suit addressing insurance coverage under an Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) policy, resulting in settlement shortly before trial. IMG College, LLC, et al. v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., Case No. CV 16 87077, in the Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
Commercial Litigation:
Prevailed in AAA arbitration, including an award of attorneys’ fees, in technology implementation dispute for mobile telephone service provider.
Obtained defense verdict after 30 jury trial days, upheld on appeal, in $300 million accounting malpractice trial against national accounting firm. See Ischemia Research and Education Foundation v. Arthur Andersen, LLP, 2002 WL 31852879 (Dec. 20, 2002).
Counsel for national fast food franchisor and franchisees in an investigation of claims associated with fraudulent activity by the clients’ vendor, a major beverage company. The dispute received national media attention and clients secured a multi-million dollar settlement prior to litigation.
Litigated and negotiated settlements with national insurance broker and several major insurance carriers for alleged antitrust and related violations of Florida law related to “contingent” commissions. Office Depot, Inc. v. Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., et al., Case No.: 502005CA004396, in the Circuit Court for Palm Beach County, Florida.