Christina N. Goodrich
Christina Goodrich is managing partner of the firm’s Los Angeles office. She is a highly-effective and recognized Intellectual Property Litigation partner who litigates on behalf of clients in a variety of industries in trial and appellate courts across the country, as well as the International Trade Commission. She focuses her practice on litigation and counseling relating to trade secrets, patents, trademarks, copyrights, writs and appeals, and commercial disputes. Christina has represented clients in the entertainment, financial services, biotechnology, social media, electronic payment systems, online retail platforms, sports products and apparel, movie and production, diagnostic testing, manufacturing, oil and gas, real estate, computer and mobile devices, food and beverage products and containers, designer clothing, staffing, museums, and hospitality. Christina has successfully led a team as a first-chair in a lengthy arbitration and has trial experience in the International Trade Commission.
Christina has extensive experience in federal district court cases and appeals. Christina has worked on high stakes cases involving theft of confidential, proprietary, and trade secret information, disputes over the right to publicity, trademark, trade dress, patent, and copyright rights, Anti-SLAPP motions, consumer and employment class actions, government contracting, insurance bad faith, violations of the First, Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments, internet fraud, prisoner civil rights, shareholder derivative actions, securities fraud, and admiralty.
After law school, Christina was a judicial law clerk for the Honorable R. Gary Klausner in the United States District Court for the Central District of California and the Honorable Otis D. Wright II in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. After her district court clerkships, Christina served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Arthur L. Alarcón in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In addition to appeals in the Ninth Circuit, she also worked on appeals in the Sixth and Eleventh Circuits.
After law school, Christina clerked for two federal district court judges in the Central District of California. Christina also clerked for an appellate court judge in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
- Listed in IAM Patent 1000, United States Individuals: Trade Secrets Litigation, 2023
- Los Angeles Business Journal, Specialty Award, “Attorney to Watch,” 2023
- Recognized by The Legal 500 United States as a Recommended Lawyer for Patents: litigation (full coverage), 2023-2024
- Los Angeles Business Journal, Top 100 Lawyers, 2022 and 2023
- Leaders in Law Honoree: Intellectual Property Attorney of the Year, Los Angeles Business Journal, November 2021
- BTI Client Service All-Star, 2020
- Listed on Los Angeles Business Journal's “Most Influential Women Attorneys” April 2018
- Recognized by Acritas Stars as a stand-out lawyer, as identified by clients.
- ACG-LA Sponsorship Committee Member, 2021-Present
- ACG-LA Rising Star 2015-2016, Association for Corporate Growth - Los Angeles
- Member, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Pro Bono Representation Project
- Member, Association for Corporate Growth, Los Angeles
- Panel Moderator, “How to Get on a Philanthropic Board,” Women of ACG Regional Fall 2024 Conference
- Speaker, “Matter Planning 101,” Summer 2024
- Speaker, “Matter Planning 101,” Fall 2023
- Speaker, “Matter Planning 101,” Summer 2023
- Speaker, “Matter Planning 101,” Winter 2023
- Speaker, “Legal Matter Planning 101,” Fall 2022
- Speaker, “Legal Matter Planning 101,” Summer 2022
- Speaker, "Uh Oh! Did My Trade Secrets Just Walk Out the Back Door? -- Protecting and Recovering Trade Secrets," Howmet Aerospace, October 2021
- Speaker, “Legal Matter Planning 101,” Summer 2021
- Speaker, "Uh Oh! Did My Trade Secrets Just Walk Out the Back Door? -- Protecting and Recovering Trade Secrets," Association of Corporate Counsel, Southern California Chapter Roundtable, April 2020
- Speaker, “Legal Matter Planning 101,” Summer 2019
- Speaker, "Finding Your Voice: Effective Communication Strategies for Young Lawyers," Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, Young Lawyers Section, May 2019
- Speaker, “Legal Project Management,” April 2019
- Speaker, "Getting the Most Out of Your Outside Counsel," Association of Corporate Counsel, Southern California Chapter, January 2018
- Speaker, "Internet Marketing and Intellectual Property Management and Enforcement," Association of Corporate Counsel, Southern California Chapter Roundtable, June 2016
- Speaker, Kickstarter: Business Etiquette, April 2015
- Speaker, Kickstarter: Building an Effective Team, February 2014
- Speaker, Kickstarter: Preparing for Life After Law School, July 2013
- Speaker, Employee/Labor Relations Issues, Escrow Institute of California 2013 Annual Spring Conference, May 2013
- Speaker, Kickstarter: Investing in the Right Extracurricular for You, May 2013
- Speaker, California Employment Law Seminar: Recent Efforts to Regulate Non-Union Employers, November 2012
- Guest lecturer, Clerkship & Advanced Legal Writing Seminar, Loyola Law School,
March 2012 - Speaker, Federal Judicial Clerkship Panel, Loyola Law School, 2008-2009
- “How the Houston Astros went from victims of cyber-espionage to perpetrators of a bombshell cheating scheme,” LawInSport, 13 February 2020
- “Harmonize Your Trade Secret Protection to Protect Your Assets,” ACC Docket, December 2017
- “Cyber-espionage Hits Major League Baseball: A Review of the Cardinals & Chris Correa Case,” LawInSport, 2 March 2017
- Mentioned, "9th Circ. Revives IP Discovery Feud Against Apple," Law360, 18 May 2022
