Jules S. Zeman
Biographical Information
Mr. Zeman is a Partner in Haight Brown & Bonesteel’s Los Angeles office. He is a member of the Appellate, Employment and Labor, Products Liability and Business Solutions Practice Groups and is also the Senior Partner of the Appellate Practice Group. He served as the Co-Chairman of the Appellate Practice Group from 1999 through 2003. He currently handles all types of civil appellate work in state and federal courts.
He has taken and defended more than 500 depositions and has handled more than 200 appeals and other matters in the Court of Appeal, resulting in more than 20 published decisions. He continues to perform extensive trial work and often handles litigation involving complex business transactions.
Representative Matters:
- Hagberg v. California Federal Bank, FSB (2004) 32 Cal. 4th 350 – Represented California Federal Bank, FSB (now Citibank (West), FSB) before the California Supreme Court and obtained affirmance of summary judgment, in a case holding that the privilege embodied within Civil Code Section 47(b) bars claims arising from an allegedly false report to the police regarding suspected criminal conduct
- Cortez v. Purolator (2000) 23 Cal.4th 163 – Represented Purolator Filtration Systems before the California Supreme Court in a case which applied the Unfair Competition Law, Business & Professions Code §17200 to a violation of the Labor Code regarding overtime wages for purposes of liability under Business & Professions Code Sections 17200 and 17500
- Lavie v. Procter & Gamble Co. (2003) 105 Cal.App.4th 496 – Obtained affirmance of defense verdict for Procter & Gamble, Hoffmann-La Roche and other defendants in a case holding that the reasonable consumer standard is to be applied in the determination of whether advertisements are likely to mislead the public. Click here for an article about the case quoting Mr. Zeman
- Golden Eagle Ins. Corp. vs. Cen-Fed, Ltd. (2007) 148 Cal.App.4th 976 – On behalf of insurer, obtained reversal of adverse judgment and instead compelled enforcement of its "Supplementary Payments Provision"
- Mora vs. Hollywood Bed & Spring (2008) 164 Cal.App.4th 1061 – Obtained affirmance of summary judgment in favor of employer in case alleging that the employer knowingly failed to install or knowingly removed a point of operation guard and interpreting Labor Code Section 4558
- Sexton v. Chino Hills Fire Protection District (2001) 7 Fed.Appx. 610, U.S.App. LEXIS 5354 – Represented Fire Authority before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and obtained affirmance of summary judgment, thereby dismissing claims for violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 43 U.S.C.§ 1885(2), including violations of substantive and procedural due process rights, malicious prosecution and abuse of process. This was the last in a series of cases arising out of a government employee’s claim that his lack of promotion to Fire Captain was based upon retaliation and other wrongful motives.
Prior to joining Haight Brown & Bonesteel, he was employed by Peat, Marwick & Mitchell, now known as KPMG.
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