Eric Dobberteen has over 25 years of first chair litigation and trial experience in a variety of commercial, employment and mass tort litigation. His practice also includes representing individuals and companies in regulatory enforcement proceedings and state and federal criminal grand jury investigations. Eric’s regulatory practice has included cases and investigations brought by the Securities Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Elections Commission, the Defense Logistics Agency, the California Fair Political Practices Commission, and the California Department of Insurance. Many of Eric’s clients have required simultaneous representation in civil litigation that parallels regulatory investigations and, at times, criminal investigations. Representative clients have included a variety of defense contractors, energy providers, health care providers, insurance companies and numerous elected officials at the local, county and state levels.
Prior to joining Clark & Trevithick, Eric was a partner at an international law firm with offices in Europe and the United States. While with that firm, Eric had first chair litigation and jury trial responsibilities in mass tort cases, employment discrimination cases, and in conducting internal investigations on behalf of clients either under investigation by government agencies or that were victimized by disloyal employees.
Eric attended Western Michigan University where he graduated with honors in 1970. He attended law school at the College of William and Mary in Virginia, graduating in 1973. Following law school, Eric served three years of active duty as a member of the United States Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps, trying numerous courts marshal and serving as counsel to a three star admiral. Following his navy duty, Eric was appointed an Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California in Los Angeles. As an AUSA, Eric tried to completion over 25 jury trial and bench trials, including the first Continuing Criminal Enterprise prosecution in the Central District and successfully litigated two terrorist prosecutions employing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Eric also served as an Assistant Division Chief in that office’s Criminal Division in charge of Training and General Crimes. In 1982, Eric received the Department of Justice Director’s Award for Superior Performance.
Eric served as Deputy General Counsel to the Rampart Independent Review Panel that investigated corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department. He also is active in the American Bar Association’s White Collar Crime Committee and has served as a director for the Los Angeles Federal Bar Association.
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