Donald R. Pepperman

Donald R. Pepperman is the managing partner of Blecher & Collins. He has broad experience in complex civil antitrust, intellectual property litigation and class action litigation. During his 27 years with Blecher & Collins, he has successfully represented plaintiffs and defendants in both federal and state courts.

He is an AV-rated attorney and certified by the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management in Board Directorship and Corporate Governance. In 2011, he was selected as a "Super Lawyer" for the Southern California area.

Mr. Pepperman has handled complex civil antitrust and intellectual property litigation involving photocopier/imaging equipment; sports franchise relocation; biotechnology; healthcare products and services; transportation; motion picture exhibition; food processing; computer hardware/software; and various other industries.

Significant matters:

• Represented the NBA Clipper's basketball franchise in relocation to Los Angeles.
• Represented large biotechnology firm in antitrust action involving cancer and pregnancy screening by reagents.
• Represented class against large chain of premium coffee and tea outlets in wage and hour action.
• Defended supplier of electric slaughterhouse products in predatory pricing antitrust action.
• Represented patent owner in infringement actions against developers of optical character recognition software.
• Represented designer and manufacturer of modems in monopolization antitrust action against low earth orbit satellite service provider.
• Represented provider of temporary nursing services in antitrust price fixing action against major hospitals in Arizona.
• Represented various movie theaters in disputes over motion picture allocations and royalties.
• Represented retailer in distribution contract dispute against crystal manufacturer.
• Represented designer and distributor of computerized real estate valuation software in derivative action and contract dispute against major title corporation.
• Defended accounting firm in class action alleging audit mismanagement.
• Represented trigger sprayer supplier in antitrust monopolization action involving exclusive dealing agreements.