Browning Marean is a partner in DLA Piper’s San Diego office. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation Group and is co-chair of the firm’s Electronic Discovery Readiness and Response Group. Mr. Marean specializes in the areas of complex business litigation, technology matters, professional responsibility, and knowledge management. He is admitted to practice in California and Texas.

Mr. Marean joined the firm (then Gray Cary Ames & Frye) in 1969. He is a member of DLA Piper’s Technology Committee, and is an emeritus member of the California State Bar Law Practice Management Committee. He is a member of the San Diego County Bar Association Ethics Committee and the Sedona Conference.

Mr. Marean is a nationally known teacher and lecturer on various topics including electronic discovery, records retention, knowledge management and computer technology. He is co-author of the 2008 edition of Electronic Discovery and Records Management Guide, Rules, Checklists and Forms, published by Thomson West, and Conducting Discovery in an Electronic World: Electronic Data and Discovery, published by California Civil Discovery Practice. He has been named a San Diego Super Lawyer.

Mr. Marean received his law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of Law and his undergraduate degree from Stanford University.

Representative Matters:

• Arlington Health Services Corporation v. Weisburg and Aronson, et al.: San Diego Superior Court; legal malpractice
• Standard Realty and Development Company v. Roger P. Duke, et al.: Sacramento County Superior Court; complex business and environment litigation
• La Costa Hotel and Spa Corporation v. El Camino Properties Trust, et al.: California North County Superior Court; trademark litigation
• Charles Evans & Associates v. Accurel Systems International Corp.: Santa Clara Superior Court; trade secrets
• Titan Corporation v. M/A COM: U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; securities and common law fraud
• In Re Media Vision: U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; securities fraud
• In Re Telios Pharmaceuticals: U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; securities fraud
• In Re Cipher Data Products: U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; securities fraud
• In Re Nucorp: U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; securities fraud
• Stringfellow v. State of California: U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; CERCLA litigation
• Tucson Electric v. Southern California Edison: San Diego County Superior Court; interference with Tucson/San Diego Gas & Electric Merger
• Pyropower v. Frucon Construction: West Virginia State Court; breach of contract in the construction of a power plant
• Raymark v. Gerry: U.S. District Court, D. Kansas; professional liability; asbestos litigation
• Campe v. General Dynamics Corporation: U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; toxic tort; PCBs; government contracts
• USA v. General Dynamics Corporation: U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; Clean Air Act; government contracts
• Porter v. Merrill Lynch Commercial Realty: San Diego County Superior Court; commercial real estate broker liability
• General Atomic Company v. Ranchers Exploration and Development Company: New Mexico State Court; commercial impracticability re uranium mining, antitrust
• Barrett v. Bank of America: San Diego Superior Court; lender liability
• Friends of Mammoth v. Superior Court: Mono County Superior Court; land use, CEQA
• Syquest v. Castlewood: Santa Clara Superior Court; trade secret litigation
• Imitech v. Gagliani, et al.: Patents and trade secrets
• Astro-Med v. Western Graphtec, et al.: Chart recorder patents
• Megatech v. Shaw: Trade secret misappropriation
• Guzik Technical v. KMY: Superior Court, Santa Clara County. Trade secret action involving magnetic head testers and read-write analyzers
• Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. v. Hyundai Electronics America et al.: Superior Court, Santa Clara County; trade secret action involving client’s hiring of multiple engineers
• SeaChange v. nCUBE: U.S. District Court, Delaware; patent infringement
• Hsu v. SSI: Breach of shareholder agreement

ADMISIONES

• California
• Texas
• All California state courts
• All Texas state courts
• United States District Court for the Southern District of California
• United States District Court for the Central District of California
• United States District Court for the Northern District of California
• United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Pertenencia a Asociaciones

• Chair, San Diego County Bar Association Technology Committee
• Former Member, Executive Committee of the Law Practice and Management Technology Section, State Bar of California
• San Diego County Bar Association, Ethics Committee

Seminarios

Frequent lecturer on such topics as computer technology and its application to efficient practice and matter management, risk and decision analysis, legal ethics issues, director and officer liability, emerging securities fraud developments, knowledge management, and the selection and use of expert witnesses

Experiencia Previa

• Military Service: U.S. Navy; 1960-1966, LTJG, USS Lucid (MS0-458); Vietnam Service Medal