Prior to joining the firm, Helen was a partner at an AmLaw 200 firm, where she served as vice co-chair of the business litigation practice group for six years. Focusing her practice on securities and other complex litigation, Helen is a first-chair trial lawyer representing public and private companies, as well as their directors, officers, and principal shareholders before the courts and in arbitration proceedings. She has successfully defended clients in multiple shareholder derivative suits, nationwide securities and commodities class actions, and related opt-out litigation, and guided companies and their officers through regulatory investigations.
Helen has been recognized as one of the most influential women lawyers (2017 and 2018) and most influential minority lawyers (2018) in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Business Journal. She has also been recognized among the Top 25 Women in Securities by Law360.
