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Mr. Swiger is a general commercial and intellectual property litigator. His intellectual property experience includes litigating patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret matters both for plaintiffs and defendants. Mr. Swiger’s general commercial litigation experience includes litigating business contract disputes, corporate fraud and alter ego actions, as well as commercial unlawful detainer actions for both commercial landlord and tenants. In addition to commercial landlord tenant disputes Mr. Swiger has successfully defended tenants whom were facing wrongful eviction in violation of the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance.. Mr. Swiger received his J.D. from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in 2004. He graduated magna cum laude from The Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business where he received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration in 2001. Mr. Swiger’s special expertise in finance and accounting is particularly useful in damages analysis in intellectual property matters.. Prior to joining Kneafsey & Friend, LLP, Mr. Swiger was an associate at Marrone Robinson Frederick & Foster A.P.C., a Burbank, California law firm representing insurance companies and various corporations in defense of personal injury and property damage claims. While an associate at Marrone Robinson, Mr. Swiger successfully represented corporations such as Sony Pictures Studios, Columbia Pictures, and Safeway in obtaining dismissals of multiple actions filed against them.. misappropriation

Julia Gowin is a partner in the litigation department where she handles all aspects of complex civil litigation, including real estate, construction, product liability, toxic tort and asbestos/silica defense.. Prior to joining HPTY, Julia worked at a mid-sized law firm in Orange County in the “Business Litigation” department.  She represented both plaintiffs and defendants in real estate, products liability, construction, employment, breach of contract, eminent domain/inverse condemnation, trust/probate, and general commercial litigation matters.. Her corporate cases included breach of fiduciary duty, fraud and misrepresentation, interference with prospective economic advantage, unfair competition/Business & Professions Code section 17200 claims, and other business torts.  She has defended companies sued for breach of licensing agreements and RICO violations, including requests for temporary restraining orders, injunctions, writs of attachment and appointment of receivers.. Her real estate cases included unlawful detainer, breach of purchase and sale agreements, lease disputes, escrow litigation, illegal subdivision of property and boundary/easement disputes, mechanic’s liens, deed disputes and quiet title actions, environmental contamination, government tort claims against cities and counties, and general disputes between homeowners and homebuilders and contractors and subcontractors.  As outside counsel for numerous Southern California homebuilders, Julia oversaw and assisted insurance defense counsel in construction defect cases as well.. Julia’s product liability clients included pharmaceutical and medical device companies; property owners and manufacturers involved in claims of injury from various chemicals and toxins, including asbestos and silica; car and boat manufacturers involved in catastrophic or other injury actions; window manufacturers involved in construction and product defect claims; and companies sued for Proposition 65 warning violations throughout California.  In this capacity, Julia acted as both national and local counsel for certain of her firm’s clients.  She litigated labor and employment disputes for these clients as well.. At HPTY, Julia has focused primarily on the defense of products and premises liability claims in both state and federal court.  She is the head of the Law and Motion and Appellate departments in Los Angeles where she has drafted numerous dispositive motions at the trial court level; petitions for writ of mandate, opening and respondents’ briefs at the appellate level; and petitions for review to the California Supreme Court.  She also manages the dockets for certain of her firm’s “mass tort” clients with cases pending in California and throughout the country.  At present, Julia’s cases are primarily personal injury/wrongful death actions based on latent diseases (i.e., cancers or other conditions from exposure to various products, chemicals or other toxins), industrial accidents, and/or construction and manufacturing involving negligence and strict liability claims.. In law school, Julia was honored for receiving the highest grades in Legal Research and Writing, Torts, and International Law. She was also an editor for the USC Law Review.