Virginia Lawyers Weekly Recognizes Gilbert LLP for Winning Largest 2010 Jury Verdict in the State

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Gilbert LLP has topped the Virginia Lawyers Weekly's list of the "Largest Jury Verdicts of 2010" by securing a $26 million award in In Re: Outsidewall Tire Litigation, after a seven day trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The copyright infringement case was brought against large multi-national tire companies from China and Dubai on behalf of the firm's client, Jordan Fishman, a mining tire inventor, and his companies.

The jury awarded Mr. Fishman $26 million after finding that the defendants illegally copied his designs for unique asymmetrical underground mining tires. The jury found that Mr. Fishman's former head of sales gave Fishman's blueprints to the defendants, including China-based Shandong Linglong Rubber Company, LLC and Dubai-based Al Dobowi Tyre Company, Ltd.  The conspiracy began in 2005, when the chairman of the Dubai-based tire company had a clandestine meeting with Fishman's employee at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia.

"The jury reached the appropriate verdict because the defendants stole Mr. Fishman's life's work and profited immensely from the theft," said August J. Matteis, Jr., a partner at Gilbert LLP.

About Gilbert LLP

Based in Washington, DC, with an office in Austin, Texas, Gilbert LLP is a law firm that represents a wide range of clients, including corporations, partnerships, non-profit organizations and individuals in complex disputes, including high-stakes litigation, class actions and ADRs. Best known for representing policyholder interests in insurance coverage matters, Gilbert LLP also has an active commercial litigation practice. For more information about Gilbert LLP, visit www.gotofirm.com.

SOURCE Gilbert LLP

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