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Brian Paszamant has more than&nbsp;25&nbsp;years of experience representing clients in complex commercial litigation.&nbsp;He has served these clients in areas including:<ul>	<li>Commercial torts</li>	<li>Corporate—contract disputes, mergers, and acquisitions</li>	<li>Intellectual property</li>	<li>Non-competition</li>	<li>Trade secrets</li>	<li>Bankruptcy-related litigation</li>	<li>Real estate litigation</li>	<li>Appellate litigation</li></ul>Brian is a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation practice group, ranked by U.S. News and World Report as Tier 1 National, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., in its “Best Law Firms” rankings for the last several years.

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<li>Publicly traded branding company; jury awarded $43.8 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages in a “hotly contested” litigation involving breach of contract and fiduciary duty, trademark infringement, conversion, and other claims; subsequent $8.31 million fee and cost award; client entitled to $95.5 million in value following appeal. (<a href="http://www.blankrome.com/siteFiles/BPaszamantopinionunzipped.pdf" target="_blank">Click here for opinion</a>)</li>
<li>Regional healthcare system&nbsp;and law firm co-defendants; jury returned a defense verdict in litigation involving malicious prosecution and abuse of process claims; upheld on appeal.&nbsp;(<a href="http://www.blankrome.com/siteFiles/StLukes_Paszamant.pdf">Click here for opinion</a>)</li>
<li>Defense jury verdict in action advancing claim for malicious prosecution; additionally, significant sanctions imposed against plaintiff for deposition misconduct. (Click here for articles: <a href="https://www.law360.com/articles/2265428/atty-sanctioned-over-depo-misconduct-in-blank-rome-suit">November 25, 2024</a&gt;; <a href="https://www.law360.com/articles/2273259/jury-clears-blank-rome-attys-in-malicious-suit-case">December 12, 2024</a&gt;; <a href="https://www.law360.com/articles/2273453/law360-s-legal-lions-of-the-week-">December 13, 2024</a>)</li>
<li>Publicly traded regional utility in securing summary judgment and complete dismissal of $25 million breach of contract claim.</li>
<li>Regional real estate developer in securing the vacation of a $15.7 million judgment entered pursuant to an arbitration award. (<a href="http://www.blankrome.com/siteFiles/1409_EDA_2013.pdf" target="_blank">Click here for opinion</a>)</li>
<li>Regional real estate developer in securing denial of $8+ million interest request; affirmed on appeal.&nbsp;(<a href="http://www.blankrome.com/siteFiles/cases/SEI_Segal-%7BFiled04-19-17%5dOrderDenyingSEIMotionforPrejudgmentandPostJudgmentInterest.PDF">Click here for opinions</a>)</li>
<li>Regional real estate owner in securing $3M judgment for breach of a commercial lease and including an award of approximately $1M in attorneys&#8217; fees and costs</li>
<li>Publicly traded biosciences company; dismissal of fraud and negligent misrepresentation claims (all claims) brought by the company&#8217;s former CEO and President, seeking $23.3 million in damages; upheld on appeal.</li>
<li>Co-founder and 50 percent owner of privately-held regional produce distribution company in&nbsp;a&nbsp;$24.6 million&nbsp;settlement of shareholder/breach of fiduciary duty litigation (client entitled to entirety of settlement amount). (<a href="http://www.blankrome.com/siteFiles/Cases/2D54CF1053FFBA0195A2064E2C8FEB22.pdf" target="_blank">Click here for opinion</a>)</li>
<li>Representations of psychologists&nbsp;involved in creating and implementing the CIA’s Enhanced&nbsp;Interrogation&nbsp;Technique Program&nbsp;in connection with claims pursuant to the Federal&nbsp;Alien&nbsp;Tort&nbsp;Statute; complete dismissal, (Click <a href="https://www.blankrome.com/sites/default/files/2024-03/ECF%2044%20MTD%20Granted.pdf">here</a> for opinion and <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/27/al-qaeda-operatives-lawsuit-cia-waterboarding-00143644">here</a> for article); affirmed on appeal (Click <a href="https://www.blankrome.com/sites/default/files/2025-07/Opinion-June%2030%2C%202025%28154450467.1%29.pdf">here</a> for opinion, click <a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/man-mistaken-for-al-qaeda-leader-loses-appeal-over-torture-suit">here</a> for Bloomberg Law article, and click <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/ninth-circuit-wont-let-guantanamo-detainee-recoup-damages-from-cia-torture-program-designers/">here</a> for Courthouse News article)</li>
<li>Publicly traded medical device company; secured complete withdrawal of all claims brought by a former company Director including claims pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act.</li>
<li>Regional real estate developer; secured complete early withdrawal of all claims brought by a homeowners association, including claims of fraud, seeking $3 million in damages.</li>
<li>Representation of the majority leader of the Pennsylvania Senate in connection with state and federal reapportionment efforts; plan approved by Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and injunction denied by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and affirmed by Court of Appeals.&nbsp;(<a href="http://www.blankrome.com/siteFiles/Garcia.pdf" target="_blank">Click here for opinions</a>)</li>
<li>Multiple representations of the President Pro Tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate in connection with political gerrymandering challenges&nbsp;to the Commonwealth&#8217;s Congressional Districts; secured complete dismissal of an action commenced before a three-judge panel in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.blankrome.com/siteFiles/cases/Memorandum_and_Order.pdf">click here for opinions and article</a&gt;); secured favorable findings of fact and conclusions of law from the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.</li>
<li>Representation of President Pro Tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate and 17 additional Senators in connection with a challenge to the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s so-called “Coverage Ban.” Successful intervention in that action. (<a href="https://www.blankrome.com/sites/default/files/2020-02/Coverage-Ban-Opinion.pdf">Click here for opinion</a>) <a href="https://www.blankrome.com/sites/default/files/2024-03/ECF%2044%20MTD%20Granted.pdf"> </a> <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/27/al-qaeda-operatives-lawsuit-cia-waterboarding-00143644"> </a></li>
<li>Additional representation of psychologists&nbsp;involved in creating and implementing the CIA’s Enhanced&nbsp;Interrogation&nbsp;Technique Program&nbsp;in connection with claims pursuant to the Federal&nbsp;Alien&nbsp;Tort&nbsp;Statute. (<a href="http://www.blankrome.com/siteFiles/cases/Paszamant_AP_Spokesman-Review.pdf" target="_blank">Click here for articles</a>)</li>
<li>Private equity firms; prosecution of $30+ million claims for breach of representation/warranty and fraud.</li>
<li>Institutional investor; secured denial of a preliminary injunction seeking to prevent the foreclosure on real property in satisfaction of a $14.875 million deficiency, as well as subsequent complete dismissal of action.</li>
<li>Publicly traded financial services software provider in successful defense of $13.6 million breach of contract action.&nbsp;(<a href="http://www.blankrome.com/siteFiles/BPaszamantSungardOpinions.pdf" target="_blank">Click here&nbsp;for opinions</a>)</li>
<li>Publicly traded branding company; prosecution of and $1 million settlement in federal litigation involving breach of contract, trademark infringement and fraudulent transfer claims.</li>
<li>Publicly traded branding company in complete dismissal of $9.25 million breach of stock option agreement claim.</li>
<li>Regional advertising agency; summary dismissal of $1.4 million &#8220;earn out&#8221; claim brought by the sellers of an entity previously acquired by the advertising agency.</li>
<li>Publicly traded aerospace and defense company; complete dismissal of $7.5 million breach of contract claim initiated by international defense contractor.</li>
<li>National traffic control and protection service company; prosecution of $11+ million breach of representation/warranty claims.</li>
<li>National traffic control and protection service company; complete dismissal of breach of contract action.</li>
<li>Regional real estate developer in litigation involving claims arising from failed $40 million sale transaction, including overcoming motions for summary judgment, reconsideration and certification of interlocutory appeal. (Click <a href="https://www.blankrome.com/sites/default/files/2019-07/SegalvStrausser.pdf">here</a>, <a href="https://www.blankrome.com/sites/default/files/2019-12/June12Order.pdf">here</a>, and <a href="https://www.blankrome.com/sites/default/files/2019-12/October25Order.pdf">here</a> for opinions)</li>
<li>Regional real estate developer in defense of million dollar judgment; complete dismissal of petition to open judgment; dismissal affirmed and allocator denied. (<a href="http://www.blankrome.com/siteFiles/BPaszamantStrausser.pdf">Click here for opinions</a>)</li>
<li>Regional real estate developer in securing injunction of improperly commenced multi-million dollar arbitration proceeding and associated award of attorney&#8217;s fees and costs. (<a href="http://www.blankrome.com/siteFiles/Paszamant-Bio-Edits-2.pdf" target="_blank">Click here for opinion</a>)</li>
<li>NBA basketball player in litigation involving endorsement contract.</li>
<li>Investment banks, as plaintiffs, in&nbsp;litigations involving non-payment of fees, including $800,000 settlement of action for non-payment of fees (client entitled to entirety of settlement amount).</li>
<li>Condominium owner, as plaintiff, in water/mold damage litigation, resulting in $1.42 million settlement (client entitled to entirety of settlement amount).</li>
<li>Co-op purchaser, in declaratory judgment litigation, resulting in judgment that co-op board had exceeded its authority in enacting a policy aimed at preventing purchase&nbsp;of co-op; upheld on appeal. (<a href="http://www.blankrome.com/siteFiles/PaszamantBioAddition.pdf" target="_blank">Click here for opinion</a>)</li>
<li>Representation of multiple real estate developers in connection with zoning appeals.</li>
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