Alexander M. Medina is of counsel to DLA Piper's Litigation practice, based in Sacramento.

Mr. Medina, a 2012 Northern California Super Lawyers "Rising Star," focuses his practice on civil litigation, white collar criminal defense, health care litigation, corporate internal investigations and advising clients on complex or novel questions of law. His civil litigation practice includes representing businesses, individuals and public entities at the federal, state and appellate levels in the Sacramento region and throughout California, often in high-stakes, high-profile situations.

Mr. Medina's civil litigation experience includes contract, commercial, fraud, real estate, tribal gaming, Indian law, health care, product liability, premises liability, public policy and constitutional cases. His criminal practice includes representing and advising individual and entity clients with respect to active or potential criminal, quasi-criminal, governmental, regulatory or internal investigations.

He has further experience in seeking and obtaining civil writs of mandate against public officials and entities and in representing property managers in investigations relating to potential misconduct in the course of their management. He also works in the litigation and analysis of health care providers' reimbursement by county governments for the cost of emergency services provided to a county's indigent population.

Mr. Medina is also very active on the pro bono front, having taken on numerous pro bono matters in diverse areas of the law (such as prisoner civil rights claims, national disaster relief, juvenile records sealing and veterans' rights). Since 2006, in conjunction with the judges and staff of the Eastern District of California, the Sacramento Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and the UC Davis School of Law, he also has been instrumental in providing educational programs to lawyers serving on the Eastern District's pro bono panel. In December 2011, he helped organize and was a panel speaker at an all-day intensive pro bono training seminar on prisoner civil rights claims held at the UC Davis School of Law. He was one of the firm's national pro bono award nominees and a pro bono award winner for the firm’s Sacramento office for 2011.

Before re-joining DLA Piper in May 2011, Mr. Medina practiced civil and criminal litigation with the Sacramento boutique litigation firm Stevens, O'Connell & Jacobs LLP. Earlier in his career, he practiced civil litigation at prominent national firms in Los Angeles and in Sacramento, including with DLA Piper.

Representative Matters

• Representing UC Davis Health System in a US$100+ million lawsuit against Sacramento County for health care services provided to the county's indigent
• Representing a large health care provider in a qui tam case seeking potentially US$100+ million in damages
• Represented Sharp Image Gaming, Inc. in a breach of contract case against the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians and its Red Hawk Casino; part of a team that obtained $30.4 million verdict after two-month trial
• Representing an investor and gaming machine manufacturer in a lawsuit alleging breach of contract by the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians in its attempts to develop Red Hawk Casino
• Represented charities, disabled individuals and gaming machine manufacturer VGT in an action enjoining the California Attorney General from enforcing legislation banning electronic bingo machines
• Represented a Hong-Kong based businessman in a multimillion-dollar breach of contract/success fee case against a Las Vegas casino corporation
• Represented a disabled inmate in a 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 civil rights case against prison officials for failure to provide a reasonable accommodation. The Eastern District of California appointed Mr. Medina as trial counsel less than three weeks before trial and Mr. Medina achieved a favorable settlement for his client two days before trial
• Defended an internationally based bank in two cases alleging aiding and abetting and conspiracy to commit fraud in an alleged tax shelter scheme
• Represented the estate of a deceased music celebrity in a lawsuit against the estate of another deceased celebrity for the violation of California's Right of Publicity statute
• Defended a national toy retailer in a Tennessee class action case involving the alleged sale of lead-based toy jewelry
• Defended a national life insurance company in several bad faith lawsuits
• Defended two international tire manufacturers in several product liability lawsuits
• Defended a national moving and storage company in several product liability lawsuits
• Defended an international manufacturer of construction equipment in several product liability and breach of warranty lawsuits
• Represented an international consumer products company in a series of product liability, breach of warranty and premises liability lawsuits
• Represented a large Los Angeles-based property management company in a lawsuit alleging personal injury from toxic mold
• Defended a national mortgage lender in several breach of contract lawsuits
• Defended two national banks in several lawsuits arising out of failed residential subdivisions
• Defended a Las Vegas gaming corporation in a class action lawsuit alleging wage and hour and employment discrimination causes of action
• Defended an individual in federal court in Washington, DC against securities fraud claims brought by the SEC
• Defended an individual in several lawsuits brought by private parties and involving the US Department of Labor in various federal courts relating to alleged ERISA violations
• Defended a Sacramento-based technology company in a breach of contract action in Minnesota state court
• Defended a Nevada gold mining exploration company in a breach of contract action in Nevada state court
• Represented a public technology company in an internal investigation into possible criminal misconduct
• Represented a prominent Sacramento-area real estate developer in several potential litigation matters
• Defended Rite Aid Corp. in an enforcement action by the California Attorney General alleging the sale of hair care products containing excessive levels of volatile organic compounds
• epresented a large public company in a potential criminal and civil fraud investigation by various government agencies