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 25 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.

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.

Education:

B.S., California State University, Northridge (1979)
University of California at Los Angeles
University of Hawaii
J.D., cum laude, Whittier College of Law (1983)
John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management
(UCLA Anderson School Director Training and Certification Program - 2008)

Bar Admissions:

1983 State Bar of California
U.S. District Court, Central and Northern Districts of California
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
United States Supreme Court

Professional Affiliations:

State Bar of California
American Bar Association
Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Board of Governors
Los Angeles County Bar Association