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Krista M. Enns

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Partner
San Francisco
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628.600.2243
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Krista concentrates her practice in complex commercial matters. She has defended companies and individuals against allegations of securities fraud, insider trading, and deceptive trade practices. She also has experience with antitrust, fiduciary duty, and intellectual property matters.

Krista has extensive class action experience, having defended consumer, investor, and employee class actions in various state and federal courts. She also represents clients across a variety of industries, including technology and manufacturing, in civil antitrust matters ranging from exclusionary conduct to price fixing. She regularly represents companies and individuals in disputes over intellectual property rights, including alleged theft of trade secrets and contractual disputes over intellectual property (IP) use limitations.

Representative Experience

  • Defended a putative class action against a financial institution alleged to have fraudulently induced consumers into mortgages they could not afford.
  • Offensive and defensive representation of a Fortune 100 company in connection with business torts, breach of contract, trade secrets, and IP rights.
  • Represented a consumer products and services company with a sales tax class action.
  • Represented a global financial institution in a bankruptcy matter pertaining to interest owed.
  • Represented a corporation in a deceptive trade practices putative class action, alleging unfair competition, fraud, and violations of the Consumer Legal Remedies Act.
  • Represented a manufacturer seeking to enjoin and/or obtain damages from a competitor engaged in exclusionary conduct.
  • Defended a Fortune 100 company against alleged price fixing by a purported competitor.
  • Represented a corporate officer against allegations of misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of fiduciary duty.
  • Represented a bankruptcy trustee in a federal bankruptcy court matter involving breach of fiduciary duty and fraudulent transfer claims against multiple former officers and directors of a failed subprime mortgage lender.
  • Preserved a $15.9 million verdict before the Ninth Circuit in a case involving complex real estate and contractual interpretation issues.
  • Represented a Fortune 100 company and its officers in private plaintiff securities fraud and insider trading class actions.
  • Represented an individual related to allegations of insider trading brought by the SEC.
  • Represented an employer defending against class claims alleging improper compensation of employees.

  • Litigation
  • Antitrust
  • Class Action Defense
  • Contract, Business, Commercial & Consumer Disputes
  • Financial Institutions and Securities Litigation
  • Food & Beverage
  • Retail & E-Commerce
  • Cannabis
  • Duke University School of Law, 1999, J.D.
    • Managing Editor, Duke Law Journal
  • Duke University - Sanford Institute of Public Policy, 1999, MPP
  • Pomona College, 1994, B.A.
  • California
  • District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • 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 Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • Listed, Northern California Super Lawyers, 2015-2018
  • Member, American Bar Association, Antitrust Section
  • Former Law Clerk for Judge Mary Beck Briscoe of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  • Former Law Clerk for Judge Oliver Wagner of the U.S. District for the Eastern District of California
  • Former Legislative Aide for Rep. Gwenn Klinger of the Illinois House of Representatives (100th District)
News
March 28, 2024
Krista M. Enns, Steven L. Walsh, Andrew Kinsey mentioned in Law360 | "Chancery Sides With Cannabis Company On Legal Fees Row"
March 27, 2024
Krista M. Enns and Steven L. Walsh mentioned in Law360 | "Pot Co. Withholding Fees Despite Court Order, Chancery Told"
August 8, 2023
Krista Enns, Lily North and Nicholas Secco mentioned in Law360 | "Forget It, Jake, It's Vernon: Judge Sees 'Chinatown' In Trial"

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