Douglas J. Dixon is a partner in Hueston Hennigan’s Newport Beach office. His practice spans a wide range of litigation in federal and state courts at the trial and appellate levels, and his ability to help clients navigate highly complex technological, regulatory and business matters is the unifying thread through a practice spanning multiple areas of the law. In recent years, Mr. Dixon has focused on intellectual property litigation, securities litigation, shareholder derivative litigation, and general commercial litigation.

Mr. Dixon also has extensive experience representing companies in internal and government investigations, and regularly counsels entertainment clients on a variety of intellectual property and contract issues. Representative clients include Amgen, Allergan, Glaukos, T-Mobile, Waste Management, and Bagdasarian Productions. In 2014 and 2015, Super Lawyers magazine named Mr. Dixon a Southern California “Rising Star.”

Mr. Dixon began his legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable Edward Rafeedie of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. After clerking, Mr. Dixon was an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and then Irell & Manella LLP, where he was elected to the partnership of the firm. During law school, Mr. Dixon externed at the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division.

In addition to his practice, Mr. Dixon serves on the board of the Constitutional Rights Foundation of Orange County.