Mitchell J. Popham

Mitchell Popham has represented, as lead counsel, a wide range of clients from large corporations, companies and insurers to smaller business entities and individuals.

An experienced trial lawyer, Mitch has handled numerous matters in different jurisdictions throughout the country in both state and federal courts. His current practice focuses upon cases involving complex business litigation, event cancellation and non-appearance, unfair business practices and competition, class action defense, aviation, insurance coverage and bad faith, commercial disputes, products liability, marine and admiralty, transportation, energy and toxic torts.

Mitch's experience includes:

• Lead counsel on numerous high-profile event cancellation and non-appearance matters on behalf of insurers
• Lead counsel on a significant aviation products liability insurance coverage and bad faith matter with potential exposure in the amount of approximately $100 million that reached the California Supreme Court
• Lead counsel for insurers in major California and Oregon wildfire cases involving claims ranging from in excess of $20 million to $2 billion
• Lead counsel on a $5.3 billion fraudulent concealment toxic tort case brought by 83 plaintiffs against a major film lab and related companies
• Lead counsel on multimillion-dollar tuna vessel claim and related bad faith action
• Lead counsel on a $20 million products liability case involving an alleged defective autopilot system
• Lead counsel in highly publicized products liability action brought by an NBA team and player against a foreign manufacturer of exercise equipment
• Lead counsel on a significant subrogation action on behalf of insurers due to anchor strike
• Lead counsel in a highly publicized complex business litigation matter involving purported regulatory violations and claims against the client exceeding $100 million
• Lead counsel in numerous high-exposure, complex insurance coverage and bad faith matters involving significant demands for punitive damages
• Lead counsel on toxic torts cases involving wrongful death and bodily injury claims seeking millions of dollars
• Lead counsel on a significant property damage products liability claim involving an alleged defective landing gear system on a fixed-wing aircraft
• Lead counsel on a highly publicized $5 million claim against a major foreign airline filed by animal rights activists
• Lead counsel on a multimillion-dollar case involving an alleged defective all terrain vehicle
• Lead counsel in class action involving alleged CLRA violations against a supplier of dietary products
• Lead counsel on a precedent setting class action case involving issues relating to recently enacted breach of security notification statutes
• Lead counsel in numerous Jones Act and DOSHA matters
• Lead counsel in commercial litigation involving video royalties and distribution rights
• Lead counsel in complex business litigation relating to satellite rights and related contractual disputes
• Lead counsel on hull loss involving multimillion-dollar loss of a tuna vessel
• Lead counsel in class action case involving claims against insurer for lack of coverage for entirety of policy period
• Lead counsel in multistate breast implant class action cases on behalf of a foreign manufacturer
• Lead counsel on numerous First and Third Party insurance property damage claims and litigation
• Lead counsel in defense of numerous complex business litigation matters involving claims of unfair business practices and competition and claims for injunctive relief
• Lead counsel on insurance coverage matter involving multimillion -dollar claim relating to the loss of a luxury yacht
• Lead counsel on a million dollar plus personal injury products liability lawsuit against a concrete water pipe manufacturer
• Lead counsel on numerous fixed wing and helicopter wrongful death and bodily injury cases involving claims exceeding $20 million
• Lead counsel on behalf of insurers on Directors and Officer claims and Financial Institutions claims
• Co-lead counsel on complex commercial litigation matter involving claim in excess of $20 million for alleged sale of contaminated natural gas
• Lead counsel on numerous Warsaw Convention claims brought against air carrier
• Lead counsel on a highly publicized matter involving purported human rights violations, RICO violations and violations of the Alien Tort Claims Statute