Gordon G. May

During law school, Gordon was honored with the American Jurisprudence Award in Trial Advocacy and worked with the Federal Trade Commission performing legal and economic analysis of proposed mergers. Gordon was one of David Grant’s first hires when the firm was founded, and worked side by side with David Grant for many years learning the art of trying cases from a renowned expert. Gordon clerked with the firm as a law student, joined the firm as an associate in 1993, and has been a partner in the firm since 1999.

Gordon’s recent successes for his clients include the following:

Gordon obtained a complete defense judgment in favor of a joint venture developer that was sued by the buyer of a commercial development project. The plaintiffs sought over $60,000,000 in damages. As lead trial counsel Gordon secured a complete victory for the joint venture with the judge expressly finding there was no fraud committed. After trial, Gordon obtained an attorney fee and cost award in the joint venture’s favor of more than $2,500,000.

Gordon obtained a complete defense ruling for a landlord sued by a tenant seeking over $2,000,000 in damages alleging it was fraudulently induced to enter into a commercial lease. The Court entered judgment for the landlord at the conclusion of tenant’s case, followed by a judgment in favor of the landlord on its cross-complaint for over $800,000 in unpaid rent, attorneys’ fees and costs of suit.

Gordon obtained a complete defense judgment for a seller of real estate sued by a buyer alleging fraudulent non-disclosure and breach of contract in connection with the sale. After prevailing for the seller, the Judge ordered the buyer to pay the seller’s attorneys’ fees and costs.

Gordon obtained a complete defense ruling for a landlord sued by a tenant seeking approximately $1,000,000 in claw back of previously paid rent and future rent reductions. After prevailing for the landlord, the judge awarded the landlord all of its attorneys’ fees, costs of suit and expert fees.

Gordon and his partner David Grant obtained a defense judgment for a corporation and its CEO accused of making a fraudulent claim on the corporation’s Directors and Officers insurance policy in connection with a lawsuit alleging theft of trade secrets relating to the development of the first microchips used for DNA analysis. The plaintiff sought damages of more than $120,000,000. After a three month bench trial and extensive post-trial briefing, the Court issued judgment in favor of the corporation and its CEO, finding they did not commit fraud and were entitled to recover their costs from the plaintiff.

Gordon obtained a summary defense judgment in favor of a real estate brokerage firm accused of fraud in connection with the sale of investment property.

Gordon obtained a summary defense judgment in favor of commercial engineering and remediation firm accused of conspiring to wrongfully terminate employment.