Douglas J. Dixon is a first-chair trial lawyer whom clients describe as an “exceptional attorney” with “unbelievable credibility with judges and juries” — someone clients “turn to whenever they have a frontline legal issue.” Chambers USA has praised Mr. Dixon as a “phenomenal litigator” who is “extremely smart, zealously meticulous in his preparation, and a fantastic advocate and negotiator for his client.”
Mr. Dixon’s practice focuses on complex business litigation, mass torts litigation, antitrust litigation, intellectual property litigation, securities litigation, and other high-stakes commercial disputes. He has represented clients across a broad spectrum of industries, including Amazon, Amgen, Broadcom, ClearOne, Glaukos, Lionsgate, Match Group, NV Energy, PacifiCorp, PNM Resources, Southern California Edison, T-Mobile, Waste Management, Western Digital, and Yelp.
Mr. Dixon successfully sought preliminary injunctive relief against Google on behalf of popular dating app Tinder in a case involving Google’s anticompetitive conduct in the distribution of mobile apps and processing of in-app purchases. Rather than fight the request for preliminary injunctive relief, Google stipulated to the pretrial relief Tinder sought preserving the status quo and Tinder’s ability to operate in the Google Play Store without complying with Google’s anticompetitive policies while Tinder’s claims proceed to trial in November 2023. (“Tinder Owner Match Group, Google Reach Deal on App Store Payment Rules,” The Wall Street Journal.)
Recently, Mr. Dixon served as lead counsel for PacifiCorp in a high-profile seven-week jury trial stemming from a series of devastating wildfires that began on Labor Day in 2020. These wildfires destroyed or damaged thousands of homes across the Western United States. While there has been a significant increase in wildfire cases over the past decade, this trial was particularly noteworthy, as it was the largest and first of its kind to reach the trial stage in at least 10 years.
Mr. Dixon has won jury trials as lead counsel in two patent cases involving distinct technology in different U.S. jurisdictions. He won a $25 million trial victory in the Eastern District of Texas on behalf of the patentee-plaintiff, Acorn Technologies, against Samsung in relation to utility patents involving semiconductor technology. (“Samsung Hit With $25M Semiconductor IP Verdict In EDTX,” Law360.) Six months later, he secured a complete defense verdict of no infringement and invalidity when representing ClearOne, Inc., against Shure, Inc., in a design patent case in the District of Delaware — an extremely rare invalidity result in a design patent case. (“ClearOne Beats Rival Microphone Maker’s Design Patent Claims,” Bloomberg.)
Currently, Mr. Dixon serves as lead counsel in a number of other ongoing high-profile matters, including representing Southern California Edison against civil claims arising out of the 2017 Thomas Fire, the 2018 Montecito mudslides, and the 2018 Woolsey Fire, and electric utility company PacifiCorp in connection with claims related to wildfires over the 2020 Labor Day weekend in Oregon and Northern California.
Mr. Dixon is recognized among the “Leading Commercial Litigators” by the Daily Journal, a national “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation, the Los Angeles Business Journal among the “Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Attorneys” and in The Best Lawyers in America.
Updated Aug 2023
