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Brian Timmons specializes in handling high profile cases throughout the country that involve allegations of complex corporate fraud.  He is highly regarded for his expertise in the areas of structured finance, accounting, auditing, securities regulation, mergers and acquisitions, and derivatives.  Yet, with more than 15 years of experience as a trial lawyer, Mr. Timmons excels at presenting technical and abstract concepts in terms juries understand.  His clients include Fortune 500 companies, special committees, hedge funds, investment banks, trustees, creditor committees, private equity and venture capital funds, and he has represented most of the "Big 4" accounting firms.  He also handles a wide variety of litigation matters, including white collar defense, class action, product liability, environmental, toxic tort, and employment litigation.
 
Prior to joining Quinn Emanuel, Mr. Timmons was a partner at Latham & Watkins.  During a three year break from the practice of law, Mr. Timmons also served as the President & CEO of Opega, Inc., an enterprise software company with operations and sales throughout the U.S. and Canada. He has published numerous scholarly publications and articles and has written Op Ed pieces for the Wall Street Journal and Newsweek Magazine. In 2007, Mr. Timmons was elected as one of Southern California's "Super Lawyers" by the Los Angeles Magazine.

Allergan, Inc.
Morgan Stanley

Parmalat, SpA
JANA Partners

One of the principal partners representing the Italian food and dairy giant, Parmalat SpA, in several recovery actions brought by Parmalat in the United States against its former bankers and auditors, seeking over $ 7 billion in damages, arising from largest European bankruptcy ever recorded. 

Representing a group of hedge funds in litigation against a major Wall Street bank seeking over $100 million in damages arising from the collapse of a publicly traded Australian company. 

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.