Jamie D. Vogel is a senior litigation associate with significant experience representing individual and commercial clients in complex litigation matters in state and federal courts.  She has counseled clients during all phases of litigation, from pre-litigation negotiations through trial, as well as post-trial collections and appeals.  She has experience in a wide range of high profile matters, including commercial business disputes, real estate litigation, entertainment disputes, employment litigation, and highly contested probate and trust litigation.

Prior to joining Novian & Novian, Jamie was a litigation associate at Greenberg Traurig and Miller Barondess.  During law school, she worked for two years at the USC Post-Conviction Justice Project, where she represented inmates at parole hearings and re-sentencing proceedings.  Prior to law school, she studied Swahili and spent three months in Tanzania teaching HIV/AIDs education.  Jamie served two terms as President of Spirits in Action, USC’s version of the Special Olympics and annual celebration of children with special needs.

Experience

• Served as second chair during a three-month jury trial on behalf of Katy Perry against hotel developer for slander of title and intentional interference with contract, which resulted in two jury verdicts against defendant on all causes of action and combined awards of more than $15.5 million in compensatory and punitive damages. Over the course of two years leading up to trial, assisted with extensive dispositive motion practice, discovery disputes, interlocutory appeals, and petitions for writ of mandate.
• Served as second chair in an administrative trial before the Relocation Assistance Appeals Board, asserting claims against the California Department of Transportation for refusals to reimburse clients’ relocation expenses in excess of $16 million.
• Served as third chair in an eminent domain trial, which settled on the eve of trial and resulted in the largest payment for loss of business goodwill in the history of the state of California and, in total, an eight-figure payment as just compensation for the taking.

• Represented two actors in an entertainment dispute alleging claims for idea-theft and breach of implied contract against a foreign municipality, which eliminated the need for a public lawsuit and resulted in a seven-figure settlement before litigation was initiated.
• Represented son of real estate developers in a case alleging novel claims for interference with expected inheritance, breaches of fiduciary duty, and fraud in connection with parents’ $6 billion estate.
• Represented daughter of investor and well-known philanthropist in a probate matter involving a $2 billion estate.
• Successfully moved to disqualify estate counsel and a national law firm on six independent grounds, which was upheld on appeal in a 17-page order issued the day after oral argument before the California Court of Appeal.
• In a contentious real estate dispute against Jerry Bruckheimer, successfully opposed a motion to disqualify Greenberg Traurig as trial counsel of record.

• During the COVID-19 pandemic, initiated litigation and successfully obtained a broad-sweeping injunction preventing a realtor from selling, encumbering, making representations to third parties, or taking any action that interfered with a Veteran’s use and possession of her childhood home.
• Represented a Veteran in post-judgment proceedings to collect a $9,000 judgment following a small claims trial to recover the Veteran’s property, which was stolen by defendants when the client was called to active duty.

Bar Admissions

California — U.S. District Court, Central District of California