Novian & Novian, LLP, a premier Los Angeles-based law firm with over 35 years of experience in complex business litigation, announced today that it has secured a significant $2.8 million judgment awarding damages and attorneys’ fees, plus the return of a 41% LLC membership interest worth close to $8 million, for its client ASM Medical Ventures, LLC in a multi-million-dollar healthcare management services organization dispute.
The victory, achieved through a two-week arbitration proceeding, represents a major triumph in healthcare business litigation and demonstrates the firm’s exceptional capabilities in complex commercial disputes involving healthcare entities. The Novian & Novian legal team, led by Managing Partner Farhad Novian and Senior Associate Anthony Chavez, successfully presented a compelling case that the respondents, including Tien Trinh, M.D., and other parties, had violated both applicable law and the parties’ operating agreement.
“This victory exemplifies our firm’s commitment to delivering strategic, tenacious representation that produces outstanding results for our clients,” said Farhad Novian, managing partner and founding partner of Novian & Novian, LLP. “Through meticulous preparation, technical expertise, and unwavering dedication, we were able to restore our client’s rightful position and secure substantial compensation for the damages they suffered.”
The case, which spanned three years of intensive litigation, involved complex issues surrounding healthcare management services organization operations, corporate governance, and fiduciary duties. The arbitration proceedings revealed that the respondents had not only breached their legal and contractual obligations but had also engaged in evidence destruction in an apparent attempt to conceal their unlawful misconduct.
Strategic Legal Results | Novian & Novian: $2.8M Win in Healthcare MSO Case
The success in this matter highlights Novian & Novian’s sophisticated approach to complex business litigation, particularly in the healthcare sector. The firm’s ability to combine deep legal expertise with technical knowledge proved instrumental in demonstrating the extent of the respondents’ violations and the resulting damages to ASM Medical Ventures, LLC.
Farhad Novian, who led the litigation team, brings decades of experience in business litigation, healthcare law, and corporate disputes to complex matters. As an AV-rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell—the highest rating for legal ability and professional standards—and a recognized Super Lawyer by the Publishers of Los Angeles Magazine from 2014 to 2024, Novian’s expertise in healthcare law and business litigation was crucial to achieving this favorable outcome.
“The healthcare industry presents unique legal challenges that require both deep regulatory knowledge and sophisticated litigation skills,” explained Anthony Chavez, Senior Associate at Novian & Novian, who played a key role in the successful arbitration. “Our team’s comprehensive understanding of healthcare business structures, combined with our proven litigation capabilities, enabled us to effectively advocate for our client’s rights and interests.”
Chavez, a Stanford University and USC Gould School of Law graduate, specializes in business litigation, trade secrets, and complex commercial disputes. His experience in handling cases involving business governance disputes, contract violations, and corporate misconduct proved invaluable in this matter, particularly given the technical complexities involved in healthcare management services organization operations.
Healthcare MSO Litigation Expertise | Novian & Novian: $2.8M Win in Healthcare MSO Case
The victory underscores Novian & Novian’s particular strength in healthcare law and management services organization disputes. Healthcare MSOs represent complex business structures that require specialized legal knowledge to navigate effectively, particularly when disputes arise regarding ownership rights, management responsibilities, and fiduciary obligations.
Management services organizations in healthcare work within complicated rules and contracts that define how healthcare providers, investors, and management groups interact. When these relationships break down, the resulting disputes often involve substantial financial stakes and complex legal issues that demand sophisticated litigation strategies.
The firm’s healthcare law practice encompasses a broad range of services for providers, practices, and institutions, including compliance matters, licensing issues, reimbursement disputes, transactions, and dispute resolution. This comprehensive understanding of the healthcare industry’s legal landscape positions Novian & Novian to effectively represent clients in high-stakes healthcare business disputes.
Evidence of Misconduct and Cover-Up Attempts
A particularly significant aspect of this case involved the legal team’s ability to demonstrate that the respondents had engaged in evidence destruction in an attempt to cover up their unlawful conduct. This discovery strengthened ASM Medical Ventures’ position and highlighted the respondents’ awareness of their wrongdoing and their deliberate attempts to conceal it.
The identification and presentation of evidence destruction requires sophisticated litigation skills and technical expertise, areas where Novian & Novian’s team excelled. The firm’s ability to uncover and effectively present this evidence to the arbitration panel was instrumental in achieving the favorable outcome for their client.
“When parties attempt to destroy evidence to hide their misconduct, it demonstrates both the strength of the underlying claims and the defendants’ consciousness of guilt,” noted Chavez. “Our team’s thorough investigation and technical capabilities enabled us to identify and prove this misconduct, which significantly strengthened our client’s position.”
Restoration of Management Rights and Investment Value
The arbitration award provided substantial monetary compensation and restored ASM Medical Ventures’ management rights and investment position within the healthcare organization. The return of the 41% LLC membership interest, valued at close to $8 million, represents a complete vindication of the client’s position and ensures their continued participation in the organization’s operations and success.
This comprehensive relief demonstrates the effectiveness of Novian & Novian’s litigation strategy, which focused not only on monetary damages but also on restoring their client’s rightful position within the business relationship. The firm’s understanding of healthcare business structures and corporate governance principles was essential to crafting legal arguments that supported both monetary and equitable relief.
The restoration of management rights is particularly significant in the healthcare context, where operational control and decision-making authority directly impact patient care delivery and business performance. By securing the return of these rights, Novian & Novian ensured that their client could continue to fulfill their intended role in the healthcare organization’s operations.
Firm’s Track Record in Complex Business Litigation
This victory adds to Novian & Novian’s impressive track record in complex business litigation across multiple industries. Since its establishment in 1988, the firm has consistently delivered first-tier legal services rooted in understanding clients’ intricate business needs and personal concerns. The firm’s operating principle that clients’ needs come first has guided their approach to achieving favorable outcomes in challenging legal matters.
The firm’s expertise spans business litigation and dispute resolution, business organization and corporate matters, employment law, healthcare law, intellectual property, real estate, and technology law. This broad-based expertise enables the firm to handle complex matters that involve multiple areas of law, as was the case in this healthcare MSO dispute.
Novian & Novian’s attorneys regularly handle sophisticated business disputes involving contract violations, corporate governance issues, partnership disputes, securities matters, and intellectual property conflicts. The firm’s experience across these diverse practice areas provides clients with comprehensive legal representation that addresses all aspects of complex business disputes.
Healthcare Industry Legal Challenges
The healthcare industry continues to face increasingly complex legal and regulatory challenges that require specialized expertise to navigate effectively. Healthcare management services organizations, in particular, operate within intricate frameworks that involve multiple stakeholders, regulatory requirements, and business relationships.
As healthcare regulations grow more complex, healthcare providers, practices, and institutions require legal counsel that stays ahead of the curve and can assist with compliance, licensing, reimbursement, transactions, and dispute resolution. Novian & Novian’s healthcare law practice is designed to help clients focus on patient care while ensuring their legal and business interests are protected.
The firm’s success in this matter demonstrates their ability to handle the most challenging healthcare business disputes, providing clients with the strategic guidance and aggressive representation necessary to protect their investments and operational interests.
About Novian & Novian, LLP
Novian & Novian, LLP is a full-service law firm based in Los Angeles, California, with over 35 years of experience representing clients in complex business litigation and transactional matters. Established in 1988, the firm serves clients throughout California, across the United States, and around the world, providing top-tier legal representation to companies, entrepreneurs, and business professionals.
The firm’s practice areas include business litigation and dispute resolution, business organization and corporate law, catastrophic injury, employment law, entertainment and publicity law, healthcare law, hospitality, intellectual property, real estate law, and technology law. Novian & Novian’s operating principle is that clients’ needs come first, and the firm is committed to achieving the best possible outcomes in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
Under the leadership of Managing Partner Farhad Novian, the firm has built a reputation for strategic thinking, tenacious advocacy, and outstanding results. The firm’s motto, “STRATEGY | TENACITY | RESULTS®,” reflects their approach to every client matter and their commitment to delivering exceptional legal services.
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