Roger B. Coven is a senior counsel in the Litigation Department of the Los Angeles Office of Holland & Knight with a highly diversified background in commercial litigation. Mr. Coven began his career with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. After four years with the FERC, Mr. Coven entered private practice in Washington, D.C. Since then, Mr. Coven has developed a broad-based litigation practice. He has extensive experience in State and Federal courts, both in trials and in appeals.
In 1987, Mr. Coven moved to Los Angeles where he continued to represent international and domestic clients in complex commercial litigation. He has guided clients from Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand and Mexico through the unfamiliar territory of commercial litigation in the United States. For these and domestic clients, Mr. Coven has played a leading role in the management of complex, multi-party litigation, including very large commercial disputes, national class actions, and multi-million dollar construction defect cases.
The following are just a few of Mr. Coven’s recent cases:
With four other attorneys from the Los Angeles office, Mr. Coven represented a Japanese owner of a hotel and condominium in a major construction defect case against two international contractors. After a nine-month trial in the Territory of Guam involving very complex expert and factual testimony, the jury returned a verdict of more than $140 million.
As part of another team, Mr. Coven defended a licensor of a business software product in a series of lawsuits filed by over twenty-five of its licensees.
Mr. Coven has defended a number of businesses in both California and national class action lawsuits involving product liability issues, employment and overtime issues, and alleged economic damages.