Greg Call is a partner in the Crowell & Moring's San Francisco office and serves as head of that office. He is member of the firm's Litigation Group and has an active trial practice representing both plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial cases. He has represented defendants in class actions, government investigations, unfair competition actions, environmental actions and breach of contract actions. He has represented plaintiffs (varying from large corporations to small municipalities) in business torts and breach of contract actions, helping them recover over $1 billion. He has practiced in courts in more than 20 states.

Mr. Call has an active trial practice. He has tried cases both as a plaintiff and defendant. For example, in 2008 and 2009, Mr. Call had two trials - obtaining a favorable jury verdict in federal court in San Francisco for an export company and obtaining injunctive relief for a car rental company in a trial in state court in Illinois.

Mr. Call is AV Peer Review Rated and has been selected as a California Super Lawyer. Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, he was a partner at the San Francisco firm, Folger Levin & Kahn LLP, where he was chair of the firm's litigation department.

Representative Matters

• Represented Cisco Systems, Inc. in its iPhone™ trademark infringement lawsuit against Apple Inc.
• City of Lodi - Representing City of Lodi in litigation arising out of environmental contamination. Includes cost recovery action, legal malpractice action, and claim against investment banking firm. Recoveries total over $35 million to date.
• Representing numerous retailers including Limited Brands, Inc., Gap Inc., Foot Locker, Inc., Barnes & Noble, Inc., Toys "R" Us and others in litigation against a variety of shopping mall owners regarding overcharges under leases. Have assisted in recovery of over $200 million. Matters have been resolved through negotiations, ADR and litigation.
• Represented PeopleSoft, Inc. in litigation against Oracle Corporation regarding unfair competition in connection with Oracle's hostile tender offer for PeopleSoft.
• Enterprise Rent-A Car Company Class Actions - Representing largest U.S. car rental company in consumer class actions nationwide.
• Representing rental car company in court trial regarding injunction relating to placement on third-party websites. Prevailed in court trial.
• Representing exporter in breach of supplier contract case. Obtained multi-million dollar jury verdict.
• Orange County Bankruptcy - Representing 14 California cities which invested in Orange County Investment Pools in lawsuit against Merrill Lynch. Obtained Court of Appeal ruling authorizing pursuit of Civil RICO, fraud and other causes of action. Reached settlement for $32.5 million in mediation.
• Representing subsidiary of Ford Motor Company in four week trial for claim of $130 million against Federal Government.
• Representing general contractor in multiple lawsuits arising out of the construction of a semiconductor fabrication facility. Engaged in a two week ADR process that resulted in client successfully recovering additional payments.
• Representing major companies in various antitrust matters including those involving alleged price fixing actions.
• Representing companies in government investigations before federal, state and local agencies. Matters have included investigations regarding fraud, unfair business practices, false advertising, and antitrust issues.
• Representing start-up construction company which was a defendant in a trade secret and unfair competition matter. Confidential settlement reached during trial.
• Dealer Server, Inc. v. Yahoo! Inc. - Representing Yahoo! in claim by company seeking to sell cars on internet that Yahoo! breached contract by failing to load listings on web page.
• Electronic Arts Inc., et al. v. Yahoo! Inc. - Representing Yahoo! in dispute with makers of electronic games regarding alleged violations of copyright rules regarding listing of allegedly "pirated" games for sale on Yahoo! Auctions property.
• Jeffrey Schiller, et al. v. Yahoo! Inc. - Representing Yahoo! in class action alleging Yahoo! user privacy rights were violated by Yahoo!'s practices.
• Representing nation's largest purchaser of structured settlement payment streams in California class action. Matter settled favorably on eve of trial.