Julia Greenberg represents clients in all facets of commercial litigation. Prior to joining Keker, Van Nest & Peters she served as a law clerk to Judge Scott M. Matheson, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
She earned her J.D. from Stanford Law School and her B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Chicago. Prior to law school, Julia worked at CNN in New York and WIRED in San Francisco.
We represented secure networking company Fortinet, winning a complete defense verdict after a four-week jury trial in Santa Clara Superior Court where plaintiff Alorica sought compensatory damages of more than $200 million, plus additional enhancements for punitive damages. The jury found that Fortinet was not liable on Alorica’s claims of fraud and breach of warranty. KVP was retained a few months before the trial date, and in short order the defense team obtained several favorable pretrial rulings. Prior to the jury verdict, the KVP team also obtained directed verdicts on punitive damages and plaintiff’s largest claim for compensatory damages.
We are defending Netflix against a 12-patent case Broadcom filed in the Central District of California. We successfully transferred the case to the Northern District of California, where it is pending before Judge James Donato. We successfully obtained rulings dismissing six of the patents as abstract under Alice, with an additional patent invalidated during inter partes review proceedings before the PTAB. We are also defending Netflix against a separate 5-patent case originally brought by Broadcom in the Eastern District of Texas. A three-judge Federal Circuit panel ordered the district court to transfer the case to the Northern District of California where it is now proceeding before Judge Edward Chen. After the transfer, the firm achieved a stay of all district court proceedings pending inter partes review proceedings before the PTAB.
For more than a decade, we have represented the San Diego County Water Authority in litigation against the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), the regional water wholesaler for most of Southern California. We have led them through three separate trials, and represented them in three separate appeals, resulting in more than $100 million in recovered damages, interest and attorneys’ fees, plus legal victories that have provided more than $1 billion in long-term benefit to the Water Authority.
A federal judge in California issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday requiring the Border Patrol to honor laws regarding reasonable suspicion and probable cause in the wake of a January operation that saw agents make scores of warrantless arrests in and around Bakersfield. Several media outlets reported on the judge’s order. Read more
In a win for civil rights amid the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, a federal district court in California issued a preliminary injunction barring U.S. Border Patrol from using stop-and-arrest practices that violate federal law and the U.S. Constitution. Keker, Van Nest & Peters and the ACLU argued the successful motion on behalf of the United Farm Workers and plaintiffs. Read more
The suit alleges “Operation Return to Sender” was a fishing expedition that indiscriminately targeted scores of residents, including U.S. citizens, through racial profiling. Read more
Keker, Van Nest & Peters partners Bob Van Nest, Sharif Jacob, Sophie Hood and Ryan Wong reflect on the firm’s biggest trial wins which earned its place among Law360’s 2024 Trials Groups of the Year. Read more
In celebration of National Pro Bono Week, we highlight the firm’s Felony Murder Resentencing Project, which has helped at least six incarcerated individuals overturn their life sentences. Read more