Associates In Action

As a first-year associate, briefed, argued and won an opposition to a motion to dismiss in the Northern District of California on behalf of plaintiffs in a cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence copyright case. Dylan argued that Plaintiffs, book authors, have stated a claim for contributory copyright infringement against NVIDIA under the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment. Law.com profiled Dylan about his key role in the case. Read that feature story here (subscription required). Read more.

As a first year associate, helped win a $62 million trial victory on behalf of wildfire survivors pursuing claims against Oregon utility company PacifiCorp. At trial, Dustin examined seven witnesses and played a critical role in securing the winning verdict. Watch Dustin examine one witness here and read a profile written on her by The American Lawyer here..

As a third-year associate, argued an appeal in the Houston (1st) Court of Appeals on behalf of home goods retailer World Market, in a real-estate dispute with its commercial landlord.  Allen defended Susman Godfrey’s lower-court victory on behalf of World Market, including its right to continue occupying the disputed premises, and sought reversal of the trial court’s ruling that World Market owed certain “additional rent” going forward.  Watch the argument here.

As a fourth-year associate, appeared in Delaware Superior Court where she argued case-critical damages issues in the Dominion v. Newsmax defamation case arising out of the 2020 election. Susman Godfrey then defeated Newsmax’s motion for summary judgment, and the case resolved pre-trial. Levin’s argument was mentioned and Levin was quoted in NPR’s coverage.

As a fourth-year associate, briefed, argued, and won an appeal in the Delaware Supreme Court on behalf of Kevin Brown in a dispute about wrongfully withheld compensation. This argument came after Raj led discovery in the matter, took critical depositions, argued and won motions, and presented the first trial witness in the Court of Chancery, which ruled in Mr. Brown’s favor.  Just two days after Raj’s argument, the Delaware Supreme Court fully affirmed the trial court’s judgment. Watch Raj argue at the Delaware Supreme Court here.

Argued before the California Superior Court against a motion to dismiss filed in a class action involving thousands of emergency department patients who were balance billed by out-of-network physicians at in-network hospitals. The Court denied the motion on the spot, calling Defendants’ arguments “concerning.” Read the transcript from that hearing here.