Obviously Mr. Kalkhoven and his partners
have retained a very distinguished attorney to represent them. Since
they retained Mr. Sun long before the ‘Phoenix Issue’ it is a testament
to their patience that they have not fully unleashed the ‘heavy guns’ in
prior matters. It is also just as clear they have zero intention
of allowing anyone, irrespective of their wealth & influence, to
obstruct them from marketing Champ Car in a fair and lawful manner and
certainly not by unfair monopolistic business practices.
Brian Sun
Brian Sun is known in the legal world first and foremost
for his results as a trial lawyer but he is also known as a “go to”
lawyer for Fortune 300 Companies. After graduating from the University
of Southern California (Phi Beta Kappa; B.A. Magna Cum Laude 1976; J.D.
1979) he clerked with Federal Judge Andrew Hauk and later became a
federal prosecutor with the Justice Department.
As an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) in Los
Angeles from 1982-1986 Brian was Chief of the Financial Investigations
Unit and testified before Congress helping to draft pioneering money
laundering legislation while heading up a multi-agency task force that
targeted very sophisticated money laundering operations in the U.S. and
abroad.
Brian was then courted by the owners of a high profile
‘boutique’ law firm in Los Angeles that specialized in trial work and
left government service to become a named partner in their practice
which became O’Neill, Lysaght & Sun. In 2003, realizing they could not
grow their firm fast enough to keep up with the clients that were
seeking to retain them, Brian accepted a senior partnership at one of
the world’s largest law firms, Jones Day, with more than 2200 attorneys
on staff and which American Lawyer has rated among the best in the U.S.
Besides being one
of the most powerful attorneys in the USA, Brian Sun is also a 3rd
degree black belt in martial arts, and a long time Champ Car
supporter and fan. Mr. Sun is pictured here at the 2002 Long
Beach GP.
The move has enhanced Brian’s extraordinary ability to
not only select lawyers and staff with specialized skill sets to action
teams but to manage those teams in a manner that produces work product
that is so persuasive that he is able to settle many cases pre-trial and
the ones that actually make it to trial his well recognized abilities in
the court room give his clients the advantage tipping the scales to
where the most probable outcome is that they prevail.
The larger firm and more diverse staff has allowed Brian
to accept more clients with anti-trust, unfair competition law,
corporate criminal investigations, business crime, and complex
litigation while actually allowing him more time for trial work from
other areas within the firm. In April of this year Jones Day was named
‘Global Business Crime Law Firm of the Year’ by the Who’s Who Legal
Awards (Official Research Partner of the International Bar Association)
where Brian Sun received special recognition. April also found Brian
named to the Lawdragon 500 (A guide to the best in the courtroom when it
comes to shaping corporate America) as one of the 500 leading litigators
in America for his Trial Practice expertise. Brian is listed in the
2005-2006 Edition of Best Lawyers in America, and has been ranked twice
as among the “100 Most Influential Attorneys in California” by the Los
Angeles Daily Journal.
Brian’s list of clients have included automobile
manufacturers (American Honda among them), investment and accounting
firms, other law firms, government officials as well as high net worth
individuals (the Pritzker Family among many) in very confidential and
sensitive matters. He has a solid reputation for prevailing for his
clients in both State and Federal Courts in civil, criminal, and
regulatory cases but specializes in complex corporate litigation.
His reputation inside the corridors of government is
such that when government officials, particularly law enforcement and
intelligence officials who are facing serious jeopardy, Brian Sun is at the
top of the list of people they turn to for help. Some of the public
cases that have been disclosed include a FBI counterintelligence
official and Los Alamos nuclear scientist, Wen Ho Lee who was accused of
spying for China. After Lee was held for nine months in virtual
‘incommunicado’ in solitary confinement Brian assisted in his criminal
defense, which resulted in his release and last week won a multimillion
dollar civil settlement (1.645 Million in compensation alone) and the
strength of his arguments were such that the U.S. Supreme Court has
declined to entertain additional litigation in the matter.
Brian has lectured and written extensively on trial
practice, ethics, white-collar crime, and corporate compliance with
government regulations. He currently sits on the board of directors of
Bet Tzedek and the board of trustees of Southwestern University School
of Law.
Brian’s personal life is demonstrative of his commitment
to integrity (he has taught trial advocacy for the U.S. Department of
Justice and served as adjunct Professor of Law at Southwestern
University), strength (he is a 3rd Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do) and
humility (Pro Bono work for the less fortunate and past recipient of the
American Jewish Congress Award for Pro Bono work). Brian is also a long
time supporter, and fan, of Champ Car regularly attending his home Long
Beach Grand Prix.
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