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Christina N. Goodrich

Associate
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Christina Goodrich is a litigation associate in the firm’s Los Angeles office.

After law school, Ms. Goodrich was a judicial law clerk for the Honorable R. Gary Klausner in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Ms. Goodrich was also a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Otis D. Wright II in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

After her district court clerkships, Ms. Goodrich then served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Arthur L. Alarcón in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In addition to hearing appeals in the Ninth Circuit, she also worked on appeals in the Sixth and Eleventh Circuits.

During her trial and appellate court clerkships, Ms. Goodrich gained extensive experience in appeals, federal procedure, and numerous substantive areas of law. Ms. Goodrich worked on cases involving patents (including Markman hearings), right to publicity, employment, trademarks, copyrights, political campaigns, Anti-SLAPP, class actions, insurance, federal contracting, defamation, collective actions, federal estate taxes, NLRB decisions, banking, First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Eleventh, and Fourteenth Amendments, internet fraud, prisoner civil rights, franchise disputes, bribery, ERISA, and admiralty, as well as numerous criminal issues.

In private practice, Ms. Goodrich has focused on commercial disputes, intellectual property, writs and appeals, labor and employment, and insurance coverage. She has represented individuals and companies in the entertainment, biotechnology, social media, sports products and apparel, movie and production, diagnostic testing, beverage, manufacturing, oil and gas, real estate, electronics, designer clothing, staffing, hospitality, and financial services industries. Ms. Goodrich regularly appears in state and federal courts (both within and outside of California).

Ms. Goodrich is a member of the firm's Global Associate Liaison Committee.

Professional Background

After law school, Ms. Goodrich clerked for two federal district court judges in the Central District of California. Ms. Goodrich also clerked for an appellate court judge in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Professional/Civic Activities

  • Member, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Pro Bono Representation Project
  • Member, American Bar Association 
  • Member, Loyola Law School Clerkship Committee

Speaking Engagements

  • Speaker, Employee/Labor Relations Issues, Escrow Institute of California 2013 Annual Spring Conference, May 2013
  • Speaker, California Employment Law Seminar: Recent Efforts to Regulate Non-Union Employers, November 2012
  • Guest lecturer, Clerkship & Advanced Legal Writing Seminar, Loyola Law School, March 2012
  • Speaker, Federal Judicial Clerkship Panel, Loyola Law School, 2008-2009
  • Obtained summary judgment for bank in retaliation case under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act.
  • Obtained substantial ruling regarding discovery dispute in multi-million dollar federal insurance coverage action.
  • Successfully resolved pro bono federal criminal RICO case.
  • Represent social media company in contract and intellectual property dispute.
  • Represent financial services company and its principals in suits alleging fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and negligence.
  • Represent medical device manufacturer in patent infringement action and related appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
  • Represent biotechnology company in patent infringement action.
  • Defended sports product manufacturer in patent infringement action.
  • Represented biotechnology company in trade secrets dispute.
  • Defended diagnostic testing company in state and federal court actions alleging discrimination, retaliation, and related claims under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act.
  • Represented oil and gas company in multi-million dollar insurance coverage actions.
  • Represented entertainment company in trademark infringement action.
  • Represented assignee for the benefit of creditors in connection with recovery of preferential and fraudulent transfers.
  • Consulted on successful appeal involving Anti-SLAPP motion challenging defamation claims.