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KellyPeterson

Associate
Los Angeles

O 310.382.1308

KellyPeterson

Associate

Kelly is an associate at the firm’s Los Angeles office. Her practice involves litigating business and consumer disputes across various industries. Kelly has handled matters for clients of all sizes involving intellectual property, contract, fraud, and unfair business practices. She has experience in state and federal court, as well as arbitration.

Kelly is a primary member of the firm’s Business Litigation team and a secondary member of the Intellectual Property & Technology Litigation group.

Focus Areas

Examples of Kelly’s experience include:

  • Assisted plaintiffs in successful copyright infringement action against major entertainment corporation.
  • Assisted in the representation of plaintiffs in mass tort litigation action against institutional defendants, which ultimately resulted in a multi-million-dollar settlement.
  • Represented client in defending against dozens of consumer arbitration cases arising from alleged unfair business practices. Obtained a number of complete victories for the client with no relief to the claimants.
  • Litigated a fraudulent transfer of assets case through summary judgment and negotiated a settlement and release for the client in exchange for a nominal payment to the plaintiff, despite the multi-million-dollar judgment at issue.
  • Successfully opposed a purported case-dispositive motion to dismiss in a trade secret matter.
  • Obtained a dismissal of a consumer plaintiff’s slack-fill claims with prejudice.
  • Represented a global e-commerce platform against a plaintiff who asserted claims for misappropriation of name and likeness. Obtained a full dismissal without leave to amend at the pleadings stage.
  • Represented a manufacturer and various retailers against patent infringement claims and obtained dismissal of the claims with prejudice on the basis of claim and issue preclusion.

Professional Associations

  • Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • Beverly Hills Bar Association

Education

  • Loyola Law School, J.D., 2023,

    production editor, Loyola Entertainment Law Review

  • University of Michigan, B.A., 2020

Bar Admissions

  • California

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit