O’Melveny Worldwide
  • Representation of a multinational semiconductor company in obtaining dismissals of consumer class action related to an alleged security vulnerability
  • Representation of a large consumer electronics company, taking the lead on the successful motions to dismiss in three different class actions
  • Representation of a pharmaceutical company in a large MDL and state-coordinated proceeding regarding product liability claims aimed at a diabetes drug
  • Represented a major food manufacturer in a nationwide class action lawsuit under California’s unfair competition law
  • Represented a leading marketer of fitness shoes in multiple class actions under California consumer protection statutes, product liability, and personal injury actions throughout the U.S.
  • Representation of a major food manufacturer in a nationwide class action lawsuit alleging claims under California’s UCL and CLRA
  • Representation of a nationwide office supply company against class action claims brought under the UCL
  • Representation of an international consumer products and pharmaceutical company in product liability actions throughout the US
  • Represented defendant in a breach of contract case surrounding the purchase of a commercial building
  • Represented pro bono client in the Ninth Circuit of Appeals and won reversal of the previous denial of her asylum claim

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • California

Court Admissions

  • US District Court, Central, Northern, and Southern Districts of California
  • US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Education

  • University of California at Los Angeles, J.D.: Order of the Coif; Senior Editor, UCLA Law Review; Business Editor, UCLA Women's Law Journal; Writing Advisor
  • Santa Clara University, B.A., History, and B.S., Economics: summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa; University Honors Program, Dean's List; Recipient, Hazel Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Economics

Honors & Awards

  • Repeatedly recognized as a Southern California “Rising Star” in annual surveys conducted by Law & Politics Media Inc. and published in Los Angeles Magazine (2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019)
  • Published in the Southern California edition of Super Lawyers (2013-2016)

Professional Activities

Author

  • “Sargon Enterprises V. USC: A Step Toward Daubert,” Law360 (2013) (with Peter Choate)
  • “Crafting a Defense in Food-Labeling Class Actions,” Corporate Counsel (2013) (with Carlos Lazatin)
  • “Mazza’s Impact on False-Advertising Class Actions,” ABA Litigation Section (2012) (with Carlos Lazatin)
  • “The Right to Know: An Approach to Gun Licenses and Public Access to Government Records,” 56 UCLA Law Review 1579 (2009)

Moderator

  • Recent Developments in California Unfair Competition Law, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Western Regional Conference (August 25, 2012)

Presenter

  • “Nuts and Bolts of Class Actions,” myLawCLE (January 2014)
  • “Litigating Mass Torts,” Life Sciences Webinar (July 2020)