Shook, Hardy & Bacon announced the opening of a Los Angeles office, spearheaded by new partners Michael Mallow, Mark Campbell and Rachel Straus. As members of Shook’s business litigation and class action and appellate practices, the attorneys bring decades of experience defending complex commercial litigation and consumer class actions to the firm’s roster of automotive, consumer products, cosmetics, energy, and food and beverage clients.
Mallow and Campbell will lead the Los Angeles office, where the new team will be joined by their colleagues, of counsel Darlene Cho and associate Matt Light, as well as Shook partner Frank Kelly and of counsel Andrew Trask. In addition to their industry-leading representation of auto manufacturers and distributors, Mallow, Campbell and Straus will continue to focus their practice on consumer products, food and beverage, dietary supplement, and internet and technology companies facing litigation arising from alleged product defects, marketing and advertising claims, and alleged privacy violations like those filed under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), California’s Consumer Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) and the forthcoming California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The group’s combined experience defending privacy class actions complements Shook’s emergence as the leading defense firm in the country for Fortune 500 companies defending against class actions brought under state biometric privacy laws.
In addition to class action defense, Campbell has experience with patent, trademark, trade secrets, collaboration and intellectual property license agreements and other complex commercial disputes, while Straus regularly counsels clients on compliance with state and national consumer protection laws and risk mitigation strategies.
The Los Angeles location in Century City will be Shook’s third California office. Shook currently has offices in Orange County and San Francisco.
