Education | | J.D., 2010, cum laude, University of Nevada, William S. Boyd School of Law | | B.B.A., 2005, University of San Diego |
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| Eric is a member of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck's Litigation Group. Eric practices in the area of complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis in business, corporate governance and shareholder litigation. Eric also has experience in general commercial and intellectual property litigation.
During law school, Eric served as an extern to Chief Judge Roger Hunt of the United States Federal District Court, District of Nevada. Eric also served as a legal intern in the Government Affairs Department of MGM Resorts International.
Prior to attending law school, Eric had a successful career in corporate marketing and advertising. He began his career working at a regional advertising agency, and was later hand-picked by MGM Resorts International to serve as the advertising account supervisor for ARIA Resort & Casino and Vdara Hotel & Spa at CityCenter, which was at the time the largest privately-funded development in United States history.
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Representative Matters | | Served as Nevada counsel to a New York Stock Exchange-listed corporation defending more than a dozen putative class actions in Nevada to enjoin the corporation’s acquisition of a Nasdaq-listed corporation, a transaction valued at over $360 million. A key issue in the case was the appropriate legal standard for the duties owed by corporate directors of a Nevada corporation when confronted with a potential change of control, such as the sale of the corporation. Specifically, on a motion for preliminary injunction, the lead Nevada court addressed whether the directors of a Nevada corporation are subject to the legal standard established in the Delaware case Revlon, Inc. v. MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, Inc., 506 A.2d 173 (Del. 1986) and its progeny. After extensive, expedited briefing and oral argument, the court denied plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction, rejected application of the Revlon standard and held instead that the codification of the business judgment rule set forth in NRS 78.138 was applicable in the case. The acquisition closed shortly thereafter. | Successfully defended homeowner's association in wrongful foreclosure action where plaintiff sought to set aside the association's nonjudicial foreclosure sale upon 114 parcels of real property pursuant to NRS Chapter 116, and sought over $48 million in damages.
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