Biography

Gary A. Nye has been practicing law since 1986. He represents the business community in all aspects of business and commercial litigation including employment, insurance, real estate, and shareholder/partner disputes. He also has extensive experience in all aspects of corporate and business transactions.

Through his representation of surety and insurance companies as well as insurance agencies throughout the United States, Mr. Nye has developed an expertise in insurance law as it relates to surety bonds, government liabilities, and insurance bad faith. He has represented numerous insurance companies in both claims and bad faith actions.

In addition to litigation, Mr. Nye serves as outside general counsel to small, medium, and large businesses. He represents business and executives on matters involving business formation, operations, labor and employment issues, strategic planning, risk management, and growth.

His experience in the transactional area encompasses representing both purchasers and sellers in the sale of a variety of businesses, as well as the preparation of all types of general business agreements.

 

• Represented plaintiffs in the matter Amwest v. Reno, et al., resulting in the landmark settlement pertaining to the administration of Federal Surety Bonds. Based upon this case, he has represented numerous insurance companies in disputes with the United States resulting in cumulative savings to his clients of amounts in excess of $40 million.
   
• Represented various businesses in the successful defense of class actions arising out of claims asserting Labor Code violations and unfair business practices under the Business and Professions Code.
   
• Served as lead counsel in the favorable resolution of a class action claim relating to the independent contractor classification of a large employer’s sales force.
   
• Represented the plaintiffs in an action for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty pertaining to the establishment and sale of an entertainment company, which resulted in a multi-million dollar resolution in favor of his clients.
   
• Represented a group of limited partners in their successful efforts to remove and replace the existing managing general partner of a large business operation.

• Honor: Named "Southern California Super Lawyer" and recognized as one of the top lawyers in Southern California by his peers in Los Angeles Magazine and Super Lawyers publications.  "Super Lawyers" are nominated by members of the bar and selected by a blue ribbon panel of 270 legal peers and leaders after balloting 65,000 lawyer nominations in Los Angeles and Orange Counties.
   
• Author: “The Customer List as a Trade Secret,” nationally published in Intellectual Property Law Journal.
   
• Educator: Arbitrator on the Los Angeles Court Panel of Judicial Arbitrators.  Frequent guest speaker on legal issues pertaining to surety and general business.

• Admitted to practice: Los Angeles, 1986
   
• Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, J.D., 1986
   
• University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A., 1983
   

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