Client Collaborations
All Representative Cases
Sound Transit v. Coco’s, 2004 WL 1203855 (Eminent domain compensation, business damages)
Represented clients in matters involving various topics of environmental law, including CERCLA, RCRA and the Porter-Cologne and Hazardous Substance Account Act.
As part of her ADA work, she advises businesses on ways to reduce the likelihood of ADA claims, engage in remediation, and facilitate cost-effective dispute resolution.
Building and coordinating a portfolio of adhesives.
Obtained summary judgment awarding client more than $1.4 million in damages in addition to court-ordered fees, costs, and sanctions of more than $100,000, in breach of contract and de-branding dispute against former gasoline station franchisee and business interference claims against unauthorized assignee.
Successful defense against claims arising from head injuries sustained during a scuba diving class.
Successfully challenged the National Women’s Soccer League’s minimum age rule in U.S. District Court as an illegal boycott in violation of federal antitrust law on behalf of 15-year-old professional soccer player Olivia Moultrie. Trial team obtained a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction in this landmark case, prohibiting the NWSL and its teams from boycotting Moultrie due to her age. Achievements also included securing favorable rulings on significant questions arising out of federal antitrust and labor law, including that the NWSL and its teams did not constitute a “single entity” for antitrust purposes and that Moultrie’s claim was not precluded by federal labor statutes and did not interfere with ongoing collective bargaining between the NWSL and the NWSL Players Association. Case culminated in the negotiation of a settlement ensuring Moultrie’s right to continue playing in the NWSL, subject to the provisions of any final collective bargaining agreement.
Represents government agency in lawsuit alleging fraud-type claims related to origination of mortgage loan.
Represented retail client with negotiating resolution of alleged hazardous waste violations asserted by federal and state enforcement agencies.