A founding partner of Hueston Hennigan, Douglas J. Dixon is a first-chair trial lawyer described by clients to Chambers as “a phenomenal courtroom lawyer” who “has unbelievable credibility with judges and juries.” Clients turn to Mr. Dixon to solve their most important, often bet-the-company commercial disputes, including complex business litigation, mass torts, antitrust, intellectual property and securities matters. His roster of high-profile clients has included Amazon, Amgen, Broadcom, ClearOne, Epic Games, Glaukos, GoDaddy, Lionsgate, Match Group, Micron, PacifiCorp, and Southern California Edison.
Mr. Dixon is often at the forefront of Hueston Hennigan’s most significant wins. For instance, he co-led the team that scored a settlement exceeding $300 million on the eve of trial for Match Group—the owner of Tinder and other dating apps—in a suit over Google’s illegal monopolization and other anticompetitive conduct in the distribution of Android mobile apps and processing of in-app purchases.
Mr. Dixon is co-lead counsel defending PacifiCorp in dozens of headline-grabbing actions stemming from September 2020 wildfires that burned over 500,000 acres across Oregon and Northern California. He has scored multiple pre-trial and trial wins and obtained favorable resolutions with over 1,000 plaintiffs to date. He has also represented Southern California Edison (SCE) for the past six years in hundreds of wildfire-related lawsuits, including the 2017 Thomas Fire and the 2018 Woolsey Fire, two of the largest in California history. He has successfully developed innovative settlement programs, resolving thousands of claims outside of court and secured numerous legal victories for SCE at the trial and appellate levels. He also secured a declination in a long-running criminal investigation for SCE in connection with the Woolsey Fire.
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. 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.
Mr. Dixon has received widespread accolades from outlets including Benchmark Litigation, Chambers, the Daily Journal, and Los Angeles Business Journal, among others.
Updated Sep 2024
