Prior Work Experience

Representative Experience

• Defending national advertising agency in putative class action alleging text message violations under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
  
• Defended global device manufacturer in four consumer class actions alleging that Carrier IQ’s “rootkit” software is surreptitiously installed on cellular phones and monitors activity without consumer knowledge or consent. Successfully achieved dismissal in all lawsuits prior to the filing of a consolidated amended complaint in the multidistrict litigation case.
  
• Represented software company and its officers before Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal on order granting summary judgment to the Federal Trade Commission under Section 5 of the FTC Act with respect to clients’ Internet check creation software.
  
• Defended Internet marketers and their officers in federal contempt case alleging certain aspects of clients' Internet marketing business violated settlement agreement entered into with the Federal Trade Commission pursuant to Section 5 of the FTC Act.
  
• Represented Internet marketers and their officers before Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal on contempt order holding clients in contempt of a federal court order and awarding civil compensatory sanctions.
  
• Defended Internet marketers and their officers in putative class actions alleging that clients intercepted consumer data and authorized debit transactions without consumer consent or knowledge in violation of federal and state law.
  
• Defended national arbitration provider in action brought by the City of San Francisco alleging client's consumer arbitration business violated California's Unfair Competition Law.
  
• Defended wireless carrier in putative class action alleging false and misleading advertising related to its product warranties for mobile devices.
  

Publications/Speeches

• Speaker, You Make the Call: What You Should Know About the Telephone Consumer Protection Act to Make Sure It Isn't the Wrong One (May 8, 2013)
• Author, Manually Dialed Telephone Calls May Violate TCPA (May 2013)
• Author, Commissioner Edith Ramirez Elevated to Chair of Federal Trade Commission (March 2013)
• Author, The Ninth Circuit Amends TCPA Opinion in Meyer v. Portfolio Recovery Associates and Provides Relief to Debt Collection Industry (January 2013)
• Author, Are You Prepared for the New TCPA Changes Effective January 14, 2013? (January 2013)
• Author, FCC Rules Texts Confirming Opt-Out Do Not Violate TCPA (December 2012)
• Author, Ninth Circuit Holds That Best Buy's "Dual Purpose" Calls Regarding Its Rewards Program Violates TCPA (November 2012)
• Author, Ninth Circuit Takes Narrow View of Prior Express Consent in Debt Collection Case (November 2012)
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Affiliations

• KnowledgeNet Chair, Los Angeles, International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
• Member, International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
• Member, American Bar Association, Antitrust Law Section, Consumer Protection, Privacy and Information Security, and Private Advertising Litigation Committees
• Member, Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
• Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Member, ILR Alumni Association (School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University)
• Member, Broads Circle