Vinnie has counseled small and mid-sized businesses through a variety of legal needs, including corporate formation, drafting contracts, and negotiating buyouts.

Vinnie has represented companies of various sizes in commercial disputes. Some of his representative matters include prosecuting a claim for rescission for a private equity firm based upon fraudulent financial data provided before closing; obtaining unpaid commissions after filing a lawsuit on behalf of a financial services company; defending a financial consulting company against unfounded claims that it participated in a fraudulent investment offering; defending the remaining partners of a startup consulting firm against breach of fiduciary and contractual claims after a departing partner was fired for cause; and bringing a lawsuit to invalidate an overreaching non-compete clause on behalf of a physician-investor against the managing members of a LLC.

Vinnie served as counsel for Ford Motor Company and General Motors LLC in warranty and fraud actions throughout the State of California. Vinnie was responsible for day-to-day management of these cases, which included taking and defending depositions, arguing motions, and trial preparation. 

Vinnie was a key member of a trial team that obtained a complete defense verdict on behalf of a healthcare company in a qui tam action voted one of the verdicts of the year in 2019 by the Daily Journal legal newspaper.

Vinnie has extensive experience in mass tort cases in the State of California and throughout the country. Vinnie’s experience in this area includes representing UOP LLC in claims alleging professional negligence related to its designs and specifications prepared for refineries around the world; representing Chevron and Texaco in cases alleging joint venture/alter ego liability related to the Abadan Refinery in Iran; defending American Cyanamid Company in matters involving personal injury claims as a result of alleged exposure to asbestos from aerospace adhesives; and defending Phillips 66, ConocoPhillips Company, and Marathon Oil Company in premises liability actions.

Vinnie also has significant experience representing large pharmaceutical companies in coordinated mass tort litigation proceedings across the country. Prior representative matters include AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP in litigation related to treatment with Crestor® and Nexium®, and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company in litigation related to treatment with Onglyza®.