Miguel Alexander Pozo

Member

: Minneapolis
33 South 6th Street
Suite 3800
Minneapolis, MN 55402
P: (612) 260-9073
C: (917) 755-4333
F: (612) 260-8011
: Atlanta
P: (404) 572-2000
F: (404) 572-2199

Miguel Alexander Pozo

Miguel is a seasoned litigator who has a varied business litigation practice with an emphasis on employment law, internal investigations, and trademark/IP matters. He has extensive experience representing clients in a wide range of industries including the luxury, consumer/retail goods, and automobile industries. Most recently, he has litigated cases involving breach of contracts, unfair competition, and theft of trade secret matters, among others. Miguel handles cases through trial and/or ADR.

Miguel works to enhance and protect some of the world’s most iconic brands in his brand protection and trademark practice. His strategic approach also helps his clients to expand their businesses within a market or extend to new markets. Miguel also helps his clients to protect their critical intellectual property rights from infringement from competitors and counterfeiters in the context of social media platforms. His clients have included LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, TAG Heuer, Thomas Pink, Mercedes-Benz USA, and Target Corporation, among others.

In the employment law context, Miguel has experience handling internal investigations, wrongful termination, discrimination cases, executive compensation matters including severance and related agreements, reductions in force, and other aspects of the employer-employee relationship.

Miguel has also had a number of high-profile leadership roles including as the national president of the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) and as the president of the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey (HBA-NJ).

Miguel earned his undergraduate degree from Hofstra University and his law degree from Rutgers School of Law - Newark, where he was the managing editor of the Rutgers Race and the Law Review.

Experience

Advised and counseled LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton Inc., Hublot, TAG Heuer and Thomas Pink on licensing, trademark, counterfeiting, gray marketing, and supplier distribution issues in furtherance of corporate expansion, brand protection strategy, and related business objectives.

Defended TAG Heuer and successfully argued against an injunctive relief application seeking to enjoin termination of a dealer/distributor resulting in preservation of Company’s supplier distribution model.

Represented Benefits Cosmetics in a trademark infringement action and licensing dispute which resulted in a very favorable outcome for the Company.

Defended an Order to Show Cause against Liz Claiborne, Inc. filed by a losing bidder seeking to enjoin the sale of the company's corporate headquarters in New Jersey allowing the Company to consummate the transaction successfully.

Defended Schering-Plough Corp. in various consumer fraud putative class actions accusing the Company of off label marketing of its oncology drugs Intron and Temodar.

Represented Mercedes Benz- USA, LLC in employment litigation and counseled the company in all aspects of employer-employee relationship.

Represented Target Corporation in employment litigation matters.

Represented Cartier in a breach of contract action.

Represented Christian Dior in a commercial lease dispute.

Counseled the Julliard School on employment, licensing, and trademark-related issues.

Counseled MTV on employment, licensing, and related issues for a reality TV series.

Represented Englewood Public School District in various state court actions, including a construction delay and breach of contract litigation filed by the Dobco Group.

Won summary judgement on behalf of Westdale Construction, Ltd., a Canadian-based institutional investor, against various defendants engaged in a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme.

Won summary judgment on behalf of a U.S. Title Search Company, a nationwide commercial title search company, against claims of minority shareholder oppression, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and other claims.

Won Trial victory in favor of Cedarbridge Development, LLC in defense claims of seeking to invalidate an option agreement with Lakewood Township alleging that the option agreement constituted an unlawful gifting of public lands for private use contrary to the New Jersey Constitution.

News

Cozen O’Connor Welcomes Commercial Litigator Miguel Alexander Pozo to its Minneapolis Office

July 25, 2018

Pozo Further Strengthens the Firm’s Commercial, Employment and Trademark Litigation Bench

Events & Seminars

Hispanic Bar Association - New Jersey 9th Annual Corporate Counsel Roundtable	Newark, NJ	11/28/2018
Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association Practical Law Series: Practicing Labor & Employment Law	Minneapolis, MN	09/18/2018
2018 Hispanic National Bar Association Annual Convention	Philadelphia, PA	09/07/2018
Avoiding Waiver of the Attorney-Client Privilege - Best Practices and Practical Tips	WEBINAR	01/10/2018
2017 Corporate Counsel Conference	Atlanta, GA	02/24/2017
It's So Hard To Say Goodbye - Enforcing Restrictive Covenants Against Former Employees	Napa, CA	09/04/2015