Jacqueline Concilla represents clients in all facets of commercial litigation. Prior to joining Keker, Van Nest & Peters, she served as a law clerk to Judge James V. Selna of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. She served as a litigation associate for an Am Law Top 10 law firm, where she was on a team that defeated class certification brought by indirect purchasers in an antitrust multidistrict litigation.
Jacqueline earned a J.D. from University of Southern California Gould School of Law. She earned a B.A. in global and international studies from University of California, Santa Barbara. While in law school, Jacqueline served as a judicial extern to Judge Marsha Berzon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She formerly served as an intern for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor for the U.S. Department of State.
We represent John Wessman, a legendary Coachella Valley real estate developer, who is accused of paying bribes to former Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet in connection with the successful redevelopment of the now-revitalized downtown of Palm Springs.
We defended Google in a nine-patent case involving audio signal processing software brought by Jawbone in the Western District of Texas. After obtaining a Markman order that disposed of four of the nine patents, we successfully appealed the denial of Google's transfer motion to the Northern District of California. Shortly after the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the case transferred in a published decision, a favorable settlement was reached.
We represented three immigrant families intentionally separated by the Trump Administration in 2018. Asserting novel claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act, we vigorously pursued the case until the eve of trial, when the government agreed to the largest settlement out of any of the fifty similar cases filed nationwide.
In a landmark legal victory, three immigrant families have secured sizable settlements from the U.S. government for trauma suffered during family separations at the southern border in 2018. The settlement, announced in November 2024, represents the largest payout among dozens of similar cases nationwide stemming from the controversial Trump-era family separation policy. Read more