Robert J. Odson is one of the founding partners of Shumener, Odson & Oh LLP.  Through over 25 years of practice as a litigator, Mr. Odson is experienced in all phases of litigation including pretrial, trial and appellate litigation.

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Practice

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Mr. Odson focuses his practice in complex business litigation, real estate litigation and workout of distressed debt. He represents financial institutions, private equity funds, developers and major corporations in a wide range of matters including joint venture and partnership disputes, real property disputes, lender liability and problem loan disputes, fraud claims, breach of contract claims, and adversary proceedings in bankruptcy.

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Honors

 

Southern California Super Lawyer in 2005-2007, 2011, 2013-present
Rising Star in 2004

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Notable Victories:

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• Prevailed in a three week jury trial in Orange County Superior Court resulting in verdict in an amount exceeding $9.1 million.

• Prevailed in a two week bench trial in Los Angeles Superior Court resulting in a complete defense of plaintiff’s claims under a $13 million contract.

• Prevailed in a three-week judicial reference trial at JAMS Endispute resulting in an award of $16.2 million in damages.

• Prevailed in a AAA arbitration of joint venture dispute resulting in an award rejecting the claimant’s claims and awarding damages exceeding $1.1 million on the client’s counter-demand.

• Prevailed in an appeal of a $16.5 million judgment resulting in a published decision entitled Gray1 CPB, LLC v. Kolokotronis, 2011 WL 6013026 (Cal. Ct. App. Dec. 2, 2011).

 

Articles:

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• “Consumer Protection: The New Unfair Competition Rules,” California Lawyer, Vol. 25 (Feb. 2005)

• “Breaking Up is Hard to Do,” Los Angeles Lawyer (January 2009)

• “Boilerplate Breakdown,” Los Angeles Lawyer (January 2015)