Patricia A. Meyer & Associates

• Bains v. Moores, San Diego Superior Court Case No. GIC 806212, which is an individual action to recover approximately $13 million lost by 19 families in the fraudulent financial accounting and reporting activities at Peregrine Systems Inc.

• Oakes v. Steinberg, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 260030, was an action in which Aguirre & Meyer represented individual plaintiffs alleging that attorneys for Richard Gold and various related partnerships defrauded the plaintiffs.

• Murray v. Belka, Orange County Superior Court Case Number 740706, was an action on behalf of approximately 400 investors in which Aguirre & Meyer served as lead counsel. The case resulted in millions of dollars obtained in settlements with certain defendants and proceeded to trial against the accounting firm of PriceWaterhouseCoopers which resulted in a liability verdict in favor of Aguirre & Meyer clients on all theories including a finding of clear and convincing evidence of fraud and a full recovery for all plaintiffs. As a result of this verdict, Michael J. Aguirre and Patricia A. Meyer were finalists for Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Trial Lawyers of the Year 2001.

• In re Weintraub Entertainment Group, USDC, S.D. Cal. 91-0143-IEG(AJB) was a certified class action in which Aguirre & Meyer was lead Counsel. After reversing the District Court’s grant of Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, we pursued the case to trial and obtained a verdict on behalf of the representative plaintiffs which ultimately led to a $24 million settlement in March 2000.

• In re K.S. Resources, San Diego Superior Court Case Number 703641, is a now pending certified class action in which partial settlements have been achieved with certain defendants in the litigation.

• In re Citi-Equity Group Securities Litigation, USDC, C.D. Cal. 95-0639-H(POR), was a certified class action in which Aguirre & Meyer was co-lead Counsel as to certain defendants. Settlement was effectuated with most of those defendants resulting in a multimillion dollar recovery for the class. The case is ongoing as to one defendant.

• Poway Royal Mobilehome Owners Association v. City of Poway, et., al., San Diego Superior Court Case Number 682581, was a plaintiffs representative action in which Aguirre & Meyer served as counsel for the plaintiffs. After a successful verdict on all theories at trial, the defendants’ settled the action in December of 1998.

• In re Coin Fund Litigation, Case No. BC 109176. Aguirre & Meyer was co-lead Counsel and reached a settlement of $37 million in January 1995, representing a full recovery of plaintiffs' principal losses.

• Siegel v. Public Service Company of New Mexico, et al., United States District for the Southern District of California, Case No. 91-0536 M; Garcia v. Public Service Company of New Mexico, et al., United States District Court, District of New Mexico, Case No. 90-0928 JC; and Garcia v. Public Service Company of New Mexico, et al., District Court of New Mexico, Bernalillo County, Case No. 91-0724, in which our office represented clients in three of nine class actions, in a case which involved a fraudulent scheme to manipulate the value of stock. A global settlement of $33 million was reached on behalf of the members of the class in 1992.

• In re American Principals Holdings, Inc. Litigation, United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Case No. MDL-653, in which our office was lead counsel and represented over 5000 class members who had invested in 92 limited partnerships and fractionalized trust deed investments, through American Principals Holdings, Inc. In 1988 we obtained a settlement valued in excess of $20 million on behalf of the members of the class.

• McMurray, et al. v. Hoover, et al., (J. David Litigation), Superior Court of California, for the County of San Diego, in which our firm, along with 3 other firms, represented 300 investors. Global settlements in excess of $55 million were achieved on behalf of the investors in 1986.

• Koehler, et al. v. Pulvers, et al., United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Case No. 82-1076-E(I), Koehler v. Pulvers, et al., United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Case No. 82-1377-E(I), and Jackson, et al. v. Pulvers, et al., United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Case No. 82-1467-E(I), in which our firm was class counsel in three class actions, which were consolidated for pre-trial purposes, in which class members had invested in limited partnership and trust deed interests. The members of the class recovered between 80% to 100% of their losses.

• In re U.S. Grant Hotel Associates, Ltd., Securities Litigation, United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Case No. MDL-783, in which our office was lead counsel in a class action which consisted of over 300 members. A settlement valued in excess of $17 million, plus additional tax benefits, was achieved on behalf of the class in 1991.

• Gordon v. CSH/Virgin Isle Hotel, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Case No. 89-1431 (BTM), in which our office was lead class counsel and recovered over $2.5 million in cash for the investors plus a judgment in excess of $8 million in 1995.

• Goldman v. San Diego Trust and Savings, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Case No. 91-0005 (King) in which our firm served as lead class counsel and recovered over $8.7 million on behalf of the class plus a judgment in excess of $34 million in 1994.

• Lang v. First Executive, Case No. 91-4346 DT(Kx) in the United States District Court for Central District of California in which the firm served as class counsel along with other law firms and the class recovery was in excess of $22 million.

• Soriano v. Cal. Fed., Case No. BC 052392 in the Superior Court for the State of California, County of Los Angeles, wherein a settlement resulted in the class members receipt of an increased value of their interests and a full recovery of losses for class members who sold their interests prior to the conclusion of the litigation.

• Ellis v. Schaefer, Case No. 92-0725-SC/AY, District Court, State of New Mexico, Bemalillo County, wherein our firm represented 33 investors who recovered 70% of their investment through our firm's litigation efforts.

• DeShurley v. Advantage Capital, Case No. 91-1282 R(AJB) and DeShurley v. American General, Case No. 89-0087 GT(CM), wherein after a jury verdict in plaintiffs' favor, three individual plaintiffs recovered their investment losses plus interest.

• Perez v. City of San Diego, Case No. 88-0103-R(M). Our firm was also lead counsel in Perez v. City of San Diego, a voting rights lawsuit that resulted in a change in the method of redistricting for the City of San Diego and municipal elections.

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