Amy Laurendeau
Partner
Amy Laurendeau is a partner in O’Melveny’s Newport Beach office and a member of the Class Actions, Mass Torts, and Insurance Litigation Practice. Amy has represented clients in a variety of complex business litigation matters, including class and mass tort actions involving product liability claims, as well as unfair competition, fraud, copyright, real estate, insurance coverage, and contract disputes. Amy also has represented a number of
pro bono clients and currently is representing a federal death row inmate in his habeas petition challenging the death sentence.
Illustrative Professional Experience
- Representing a major pharmaceutical company in product liability actions involving a prescription drug in federal and state courts
- Drafted, with co-counsel, appellate briefing that led to reversal of a $7.75 million verdict in pharmaceutical product liability action
- Defeated class certification in a personal injury and economic harm case involving prescription pain medication recalled due to an alleged manufacturing defect
- Advised clients in various industries regarding product recalls
- Represented numerous clients in claims alleging violations of California Prop 65
- Assisted with the defense of a copyright holder in an action involving a distributor’s claimed exclusive license; obtained a preliminary injunction preventing further distribution by the plaintiff of the copyrighted material
- Obtained a dismissal, and an order after oral argument from the Ninth Circuit affirming the dismissal, of an action challenging the procedure for accepting bids on HUD homes
- Defended a breach of contract and fraud action—seeking monetary damages and challenging termination of a loan servicing agreement—brought against a mortgage banking company, and obtained an arbitration ruling awarding nothing to the plaintiff
- Argued motions and appeals, and tried cases, in state and federal courts throughout the country
Professional Activities
Admitted to Practice, U.S. District Court, Central, Southern, Northern, and Eastern Districts of California; District of Colorado; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court
Board Member, Constitutional Rights Foundation, Orange County Chapter; Federal Bar Association, Orange County Chapter
Member, Orange County Bar Association, Judiciary Committee; Association of Business Trial Lawyers; American Bar Association; Litigation Section of the State Bar of California; Defense Research Institute, Drug & Medical Device and Product Liability Committees