Charles T. Hoge
Before joining Kirby Noonan Lance & Hoge in 1988, Charlie practiced commercial litigation with a large regional law firm. Today, Charlie's business litigation practice includes partnership, real estate, employment, intellectual property, unfair competition, trade secret and professional liability matters.
In 2002, Charlie was elected Managing Partner of the firm. He has organized the administration of the firm to permit him to maintain a full-time litigation practice while continuing to manage the firm.
In 2008, Charlie became a Fellow of Litigation Counsel of America, a highly selective trial lawyer society composed of less than half of one percent of American lawyers.
Charlie has received an AV® Peer Review rating from the Martindale Hubbell International Law Directory.
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Charlie has been named by California Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in California for 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers.
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Education
- University of California, Hastings, J.D., 1983
- University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 1980
Professional Memberships and Activities
- San Diego County Bar Association 2000 Labor and Employment Law Section Chair; Litigation Section
- San Diego Superior Court, Judge pro tem
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of California
- CEB Panelist, Current Developments in Litigation 2004 - 2007, 2009.
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers of San Diego (Board of Governors 2002-2004)
- Lecturer, University of San Diego School of Law
- Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
Admissions
- State Bar of California
- Southern, Northern, Central, and Eastern Districts of California
- Ninth Circuit
- Federal Circuit
Representative matters
- Represented seven different law firms in legal malpractice matters.
- Represented fifty different real estate brokers in professional liability matters
- Defended the dean of a law school against claims of wrongful termination*
- Represented a pharmaceuticals company in a complex dispute regarding funding and intellectual property rights
- Represented money managers in trade secrets/unfair competition claims
- Represented a regional business in a Lanham Act dispute concerning derivations of its trade name
- Represented a regional business in a "Cybersquatting" dispute against an international technology company
- Defended a national defense contractor against whistle-blowing claims by a former project manager
- Defended board members of a public technology company against wrongful termination claims
- Defended principals of a national sunglasses manufacturer against claims of wrongful termination and discrimination* (resolved favorably during trial)
- Defended a national real estate brokerage firm against claims of wrongful termination and discrimination* (client prevailed at trial)
- Represented investors in a coffee store and distribution chain dispute* (clients prevailed in arbitration)
- Represented investors in a commercial real estate development partnership in a dispute with a national home builder* (clients prevailed in arbitration)
- Defended an inventor in a Business & Professions Code § 17200/unfair competition claim made by a trade association* (clients prevailed at trial)
- Represented a founder of a technology company in a dispute over ownership of founder's shares of the publicly traded technology company
- Represented a national defense contractor against claims by a former employee for misappropriation of trade secrets
- Represented a developer in arbitration of a construction dispute*
- Represented competing national trash hauling businesses in a territorial dispute stemming from sales and acquisition of local businesses
- Represented a pharmaceutical company in licensing and sponsored research disputes with a major university.
- Represented an accounting firm accused of fraud and conspiracy in connection with an international financing and real estate transaction*
- Prevailed for his client, a commercial tenant, in a specific performance action to compel a sale of the property to his client
- Obtained summary judgment for his clients, accused in a nine-count complaint of national origin and disability discrimination, retaliation, defamation and violations of wage and hour laws
- Prevailed after a two-week jury trial defending an accounting firm accused of fraud and conspiracy in an international financing transaction. The client's co-defendants were found liable for fraud*
- Prevailed in an arbitration of a complex commercial dispute between pharmaceutical companies over development of an experimental monoclonal antibody utilized in clinical trials in China for treatment of lung cancer*
- Represented a construction company in litigation with a municipality and insurer* (client prevailed)
- Represented a commercial tenant in a specific performance action* (client prevailed)
- Represented a public company in patent infringement litigation with various Japanese electronics firms
- Represented a public biotech company in an international contract and intellectual property dispute
* Matter proceeded to trial or arbitration
Interests
Charlie is active in sports including basketball, skiing, hiking and fly fishing.