Quinn Emanuel


R. Brian Timmons R. Brian Timmons Quinn Emanuel 865 S. Figueroa St., 10th Floor Los Angeles California 90017 work(213) 443-3000 briantimmons@quinnemanuel.com Download vCard Los Angeles Office Tel: 213-443-3000 Fax: 213-443-3100 briantimmons@quinnemanuel.com Practice Areas Class Action Litigation Domestic and International Arbitration & Mediation Employment Litigation and Counseling Securities Litigation White Collar Defense and Internal Investigations Banking and Financial Institution Litigation Investment Fund and Fund Advisor Litigation Sports Litigation Structured Finance and Derivatives Litigation Transnational Litigation Education Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1991) Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy: Managing Editor The London School of Economics and Political Science (1988) Duke University (A.B., summa cum laude, 1988) Varsity Football Scholarship Recipient Publications and Lectures "Regulating Credit Default Swaps," Financier Worldwide, July 2009 "That's No Okie That's My Torts Professor," The Wall Street Journal, April 3, 1990 "Fraudulent Diversity," Newsweek, November 12, 1990 Note, "The Limits of State Action Doctrine in NCAA v. Tarkenian," Harv. J. Law & Public Policy, 1988 Prior Associations Latham & Watkins: Partner, 1998-2000 Associate, 1991-1997 Professional Activities Harvard College: Teaching Fellow, 1991 Admissions Member, The State Bar of California; United States Court of Appeals: Ninth Circuit; United States District Courts: Northern District of California, Central District of California, Southern District of California, Eastern District of California, Southern District of New York (pro hac vice), Eastern District of Illinois (pro hac vice), Western District of North Carolina (pro hac vice); United States Bankruptcy Court for Delaware (pro hac vice) Languages Spanish	Send to a friend Biography R. Brian Timmons specializes in high stakes complex corporate financial litigation nationwide. He currently serves as the National Co-Chair of Structured Finance Litigation for Quinn Emanuel and has represented clients in some of the country’s leading cases arising from CDO implosions, stock option back dating, structured notes, futures and options trading, currency and interest rate swaps, credit default and total return swaps, and a host of other complex derivatives. His engagements typically involve alleged securities laws violations, lender liability claims, complex financial fraud, alleged market manipulation, improper corporate governance, M&A-related actions, distressed investment and restructuring litigation, alleged accounting and audit firm liability, and other complex business disputes. With over 15 years of experience, Mr. Timmons has also represented clients in real estate litigation, class actions, internal investigations, employment litigation and white collar criminal matters. He was named one of Southern California's "Super Lawyers" in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 by the Los Angeles Magazine. Mr. Timmons began his legal career with Latham & Watkins, where he was elected a full equity partner after just 7 years. He interrupted his legal career to serve for 3 years as the President and CEO of Opega, Inc., an enterprise software company with operations and sales throughout the U.S. and Canada. Mr. Timmons was born and raised in rural Idaho and attended college on a football scholarship. He also received extensive training in corporate finance and economics as a graduate student before attending law school. He has written numerous scholarly articles and has been published in The Wall Street Journal and Newsweek Magazine. Representative Clients PIMCO Bank of the West Allergan, Inc. Morgan Stanley Parmalat, SpA Angelo Gordon & Co. Elliot Advisors The Irvine Company Unsecured Creditors' Committee for SemGroup Notable Representations Obtained complete dismissal with no contribution toward global settlement for "Sallie Mae" in complex, $1 billion securities fraud matter involving interest rate derivatives, in connection with the nation's largest ever financial collapse of a municipality--Orange County, California. Obtained partial acquittal and only nominal penalty for client defendant in a 3-month white collar criminal trial in federal court in Los Angeles involving health care insurance fraud, where the co-defendants were given multi-year sentences in federal prison. Obtained complete dismissal of all claims on summary judgment for Medstone International in multiple securities fraud class actions. Tried and won a high-profile $100 million employment litigation case brought by an alleged FDA "whistleblower" for Allergan, Inc. Obtained early dismissal on "nominal" settlement for Pimco Advisors L.P. in corporate control litigation in Delaware. Obtained complete summary judgment victory for Allergan, Inc. in class action securities fraud matter seeking over $400 million in damages.