Profile
Mr. Conboy helps clients anticipate and solve problems before they become expensive lawsuits. He is a seasoned trial attorney whose practice is focused on business litigation and counseling, and the defense of consumer claims. He has extensive experience representing a wide variety of industries, including automobile manufacturers, construction equipment companies, Internet enterprises, light manufacturing businesses, employment services franchisees, and many others in a broad range of civil litigation. In that capacity, Mr. Conboy handles the defense of high-volume caseloads for large and small businesses, and develops legal training and litigation reduction programs to creatively and cost-effectively prevent or resolve disputes for "frequent target" companies.
Recently, Mr. Conboy successfully defended clients in two high-stakes commercial litigation and consumer protection jury trials, securing unanimous defense verdicts in both.
Commercial Litigation
Mr. Conboy specializes in commercial, products liability, and consumer warranty claims, and has tried numerous cases in state and federal courts, including breach of contract actions, consumer protection cases, business torts, civil rights claims, shareholder derivative actions, products liability cases, and co-employee gross negligence claims.
Mr. Conboy actively participates in and directs all stages of litigation on behalf of his clients. He advances clients' interests through the implementation of aggressive and creative litigation strategy, as well as through pre-suit counseling, ongoing client education, alternative dispute resolution, settlement negotiations, and trial. Mr. Conboy has also successfully argued cases in front of state and federal appellate courts.
Defense of Consumer Protection Claims
Mr. Conboy is lead trial counsel in the defense of numerous Song-Beverly Act and Consumers Legal Remedies Act cases, and has successfully defended large and small manufacturers, distributors, warrantors, and retailers against claims filed under state and federal consumer protection statutes.
Presentations and Publications
"Surviving Lemon Armageddon: A Manufacturer’s Toolkit," presented in Los Angeles, CA (March 2012).
Author, Planning a Staycation for Solvent Co-Defendants, published in Law360 (September 2011). Read Article
"Lemon Law, A to Z" presented in Detroit, MI (January 2011).
“Deposition 101: How to Survive (and Thrive!) in the Hot Seat” –presented in Detroit, MI (March 2010).
“Lemon Law, A to Z” – presented in Los Angeles, CA (July 2009).
Co-author with Joseph A. Kaufman, Hybrid Suits Run Out of Gas, published in the San Francisco Daily Journal (March 23, 2009). Read Article