George Koumbis

About George Koumbis

George Koumbis is Vice President and General Counsel at Penske Motor Group. Prior to Penske Motor Group, George was an associate at Arent Fox LLP, which has been recognized by Chambers USA as a leader in the category Transportation: Road (Carriage/Commercial). He worked on individual consumer and class actions, unfair competition and commercial litigation. His responsibilities included trial and appellate work, regulatory compliance, and business litigation.Representative Litigation Matters:Favorably closed Bureau of Automotive Repair, Department of Motor Vehicles, Federal Trade Commission, OSHA and California Environmental Quality Act investigations.Defeated class certification of several local and statewide putative class actions. See, e.g, Bornstein v. Sonic Automotive, Inc, G053839, 2018 WL 10•••66 (Cal. App. 4th Dist. Feb. 22, 2018); Flores v. West Covina Auto Group (20•••12 Cal.App.4th 895.Lead role in Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) salesperson and technician wage and hour actions for several dealerships. Defensed breach of non-disclosure agreement case regarding a proposed transaction to acquire a motorcycle racing series. Kidd v. Krave Group, LLC, B299021, 2021 WL 805438 (Cal. App. 2d Dist. Mar. 3, 2021).Reversed jury verdict on commercial real estate breach of contract action. Ash v. North American Title Company (20•••23 Cal.App.4th 1258).Lead role in California New Motor Vehicle Board franchise protests. First chaired several employment arbitrations with defense awards in all cases; sole chair of seven consumer fraud arbitrations; several court and jury trials involving individual consumer fraud claims and dealer contract disputes. Judgment on pleadings on behalf of corporation obtained following defense arbitration award; affirmed on appeal. Mendoza v. Penske Automotive Group, Inc, E074419, 2021 WL 28•••96 (Cal. App. 4th Dist. July 8, 2021), reh\'g denied (July 27, 2021), review denied (Sept. 22, 2021).Representative Regulatory Compliance and Transactional Matters:Assisted with California New Car Dealers Association CCPA Handbook, data privacy compliance seminars and COVID-19 sales and business operations memorandum. Conducted workshops on sales, advertising, pay plans, CCPA and dealer/manufacturer parts and labor rates applications.Federal and state regulatory analysis related to dealer licensing, sales compliance, advertising and autonomous vehicles; analysis and oversight of advertising pursuant to FTC Consent Orders.Drafted buy/sell agreements, corporate documents and vendor contracts.

Experience

1. Vice President & General Counsel

   Penske Motor Group

   May 2022 — Present

Education

• University of San Diego School of Law

  Doctor of Law (JD)

  2003 — 2006

• UC Irvine

  Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and International Studies

  1999 — 2003

Skills

• Dispute
• Commercial Litigation
• Trademarks
• Consumer Law
• Mediation
• Westlaw
• Appeals
• Operating Agreements
• Bylaws
• Hearings
• Business Litigation
• Arbitration
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Class Actions
• Trials
• Legal Research
• Courts
• Product Liability
• Property Rights
• Civil Litigation
• Corporate Law