Securities and Financial Services

• Obtained dismissal of a putative class action challenging a national bank’s fee policies.
• Obtained dismissal of a Section 10(b) claim against a US-listed Chinese online service provider and its CEO in one of the first shareholder class actions seeking to exploit China’s ban on initial coin offerings.
• Obtained dismissal of multiple putative class actions alleging Section 11 claims against underwriters arising out of initial public offerings for Chinese technology and education companies.
• Obtained dismissal of a putative class action alleging Section 10(b) claim against multinational technology company.
• Obtained dismissal of a putative class action challenging national bank’s debt collection practices under federal and state law.
• Defended former executive officer and director of national bank in litigation brought by disgruntled former CEO alleging blacklisting, tortious interference, fraud, and conspiracy claims. Successfully obtained dismissal under California’s anti-SLAPP statute and recovered multimillion-dollar attorneys’ fees award.
• Litigated and favorably settled a lawsuit against a global investment firm for breach of fiduciary duty under ERISA.
• Litigated and favorably settled a putative class action alleging Section 11, 12, and 15 claims against underwriters arising out of Chinese freight company’s initial public offering.
• Defended one of the nation’s largest banks against numerous consumer banking putative class actions.
• Counsel for underwriters in securities fraud suit arising out of Chinese mobile transportation and technology company’s initial public offering.

Fiduciary Duty Litigation

• Managed a trial team in fiduciary duty litigation that convinced a federal judge and jury to deny former shareholders of a post-IPO computer vision and AI company hundreds of millions of dollars in alleged damages. Obtained judgment awarding client millions of dollars in attorneys’ fees.
• Defended global investment firm and its chief executive and favorably settled litigation alleging trade secret misappropriation and breach of fiduciary duty.
• Advised energy company in obtaining favorable settlement in case alleging breaches of fiduciary duty arising from anti-takeover provisions in stockholder rights plan.
• Advised former officers of national healthcare company in litigation alleging fraud and fiduciary duty claims.

Land Use Litigation

• Guided a luxury mobile home park owner to a multimillion-dollar jury verdict against a municipality for a regulatory taking under the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution.
• Contributed to a trial team that prevailed at arbitration for a major studio in a lease and termination fee dispute.

Constitutional and Administrative Counseling

• Advised a large government entity on immigration issues, including authoring dozens of amicus briefs to further the entity’s support of immigrant residents and local law enforcement priorities.
• Advised a major motion picture studio on contract and First Amendment issues.
• Advised a Fortune 100 multinational retailer on environmental issues and represented company in statewide lawsuit alleging violations of statutes and regulations governing disposal of hazardous waste, ultimately resolved through favorable consent judgment.
• Advised elected officials on lawsuits and administrative complaints involving electric utilities.

Pro Bono

• While on O’Melveny-sponsored fellowship at immigration nonprofit, served as class counsel in class actions challenging US government’s: denial of statutory protections to unaccompanied immigrant minors; termination of Temporary Protected Status; and abuse, unlawful detention, and summary expulsion of thousands of asylum seekers.
• Represented an asylum seeker in proceedings before the Board of Immigration Appeals and the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
• Represented a reproductive healthcare nonprofit in a challenge to state abortion restrictions.
• Represented Native inmate in litigation raising challenges to prison regulations under Free Exercise Clause.
• Organized renewal clinics with local nonprofit organizations and elected officials for recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
• Authored merits-stage amicus brief in US Supreme Court’s DACA decision, Regents of the University of California v. Department of Homeland Security.
• Drafted certiorari- and merits-stage amicus briefs in a US Supreme Court case reviewing dismissal of law enforcement excessive-force claims.