Amy Longo
Partner
Amy Jane Longo is a partner in the Securities Litigation Practice and co-chair of the Electronic Discovery and Document Retention Practice.
Amy represents corporations, their directors and officers in securities class actions, derivative suits, a range of general commercial litigation, as well as internal investigations and enforcement matters. In addition, Amy counsels public and private companies on their document retention policies and best practices for electronic discovery and litigation response plans. Amy was recently recognized by the
Daily Journal for her work representing Quiksilver, Inc. in a three-week jury trial in the United States District Court in the Central District of California, in which the jury found for Quiksilver, on claims for trademark infringement and false designation of origin and the Court thereafter entered a permanent injunction requiring the defendant to phase out all use of its competing trademark.
Amy is a leader in the American Bar Association, serving as cochair of the Section of Litigation’s Class Actions and Derivative Suits Committee. She is listed as a “Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star” for her securities litigation work (2005-2008). Amy also writes and lectures frequently at a national level.
Illustrative Professional Experience
Securities Litigation
- Achieved dismissals of multiple 10b-5 suits at the pleading stage
- Obtained voluntary dismissals of multiple breach of fiduciary duty actions filed in state court in connection with mergers and going-private transactions
- Defense of federal and state derivative litigation involving stock options
- Serve as defense counsel to a variety of corporations and individuals in shareholder and derivative class actions, including technology companies, retailers, wholesalers, health care providers, manufacturers, and investment banks
Electronic Discovery and Document Retention
- Prepare and implement comprehensive document retention policies and litigation response plans
- Review existing policies and identify how they can be updated and improved
- Formulate coherent plans that are reasonable and, defensible, and tailored to each client’s unique organizational needs
- Implement training programs for company personnel
- Manage large scale electronic discovery in complex litigation
Professional Activities
Admitted to Practice, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Director, Federal Bar Association, Orange County Chapter (2005-present)
Member, Sedona Conference Working Group Series (2005-present); International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution, E-Discovery Committee (2006-present)
ABA Section of Litigation, Cochair, Class Actions and Derivative Suits Committee (2006-present); Member, LexisNexis Advisory Board (2004-present); Editor-in-Chief,
Litigation News (2004-2006); Moderator, Hot Topics in California Commercial Litigation (2006 Corporate Counsel Seminar); Member, Task Force on Electronic Discovery (2003-2004); Reporter, Task Force on Training the Trial Lawyer (2002-2003); Editor, Woman Advocate Committee Newsletter (1998-2000)
Advisory Board, BNA’s Digital Discovery & e-Evidence Report (2008)
Securities Litigation Co-Author, "Preemption of 'Holder' Class Actions Under SLUSA," Seth Aronson, Amy J. Longo, and Kristina Hersey,
The Review of Securities and Commodities Regulation, Vol. 39, No. 15, pp. 163-167 (Sept. 6, 2006); "Liability for Exchange Act Violations,"
Understanding the Securities Laws 2004, Practising Law Institute (Fall 2004); "Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act — The Year in Review,"
Securities Litigation 2004, Practising Law Institute (Fall 2004)
E-Discovery Co-Author, “Electronic Discovery Practice Under the Federal Rules,” BNA Books (2007); “Developing and Planning Your eDiscovery Strategies,” LegalTech West (June 2007); “Electronic Discovery Success Stories,”
E-Discovery Advisor Magazine (2006); “Electronic Evidence and the Effective Client Interview,”
E-Discovery Advisor Magazine (2006); “Emerging Discovery Sanctions,”
E-Discovery Advisor Magazine (2005); “Electronic Evidence,” Chapter 8,
Survey of Developments of Intellectual Property and Technology Law (WebCredenza 2004); “Electronic Discovery,” Practising Law Institute (Fall 2004)
Securities Litigation Speaking Engagements, National Institute on Class Actions: Moderator, "Signs of Unexpected Volatility: Securities Class Certification Standards on the Move" (October, 2007); American Bar Association Section of Litigation Committee on Corporate Counsel 2006 CLE Seminar: Moderator, "Hot Topics in California Commercial Litigation" (February, 2006); "Triple Jeopardy; What to Do When the U.S. Attorney's Office and the SEC Come a' Knockin' and the Shareholder and Class Action Lawsuits Are Not Far Behind," American Corporate Counsel Association CLE Program (March 2004)
E-Discovery Speaking Engagements, Bureau of National Affairs Breakfast Briefing: Moderator, "Lessons from the First Year of Practice Under Federal Electronic Discovery Rules" (January, 2008); "Practice Under the Federal Electronic Discovery Rules: The Year in Review," California Employment Law Council Annual Meeting (December 2007); "Developing and Planning Your eDiscovery Strategies," LegalTech West (June 2007); "Practice Under the New E-Discovery Amendments: The Battlegrounds of Conflict; The Promise of Resolution," BNA Legal & Business EDge (Orlando, FL, Mar. 2007; Chicago, ILL, May 2007); "Electronic Records Management and Digital Discovery," ALI-ABA (May 2007; May 2006; May 2005); "Electronic Discovery after the New Federal Rules: Strategies for Coping with the Latest Challenges and Intricacies," West Legalworks (Feb. 2007); "Important Legal Developments 2006," Practising Law Institute (December 2006); "The Art and Science of Serving as a Special Master — Electronic Discovery Fundamentals," ALI-ABA (November 2006); "E-Discovery," CEB (June 2006); "Avoiding Common E-Discovery Oversights," ABA TechShow (April 2006); Panelist, Preservation Practices, The Real Challenge for In House Counsel; "Current Trends in Electronic Discovery," Bridgeport Continuing Education (2006); "The Document Analytics Approach: One Size Doesn't Fit All," American Lawyer Media's LegalTech West Coast (2005); "Electronic Discovery in the Federal Courts — Everything You Must Know About Electronic Discovery," Federal Bar Association, Orange County Chapter (2005)
Internal Speaking Engagements, "Document Retention: Considerations in Crafting an Appropriate Policy And Responding To Potential Litigation," O'Melveny & Myers Corporate Counsel Seminar (2006); "Electronic Discovery and Document Retention: Practical and Strategic Considerations in a Changing Environment," O'Melveny & Myers (2005); "Forward Looking Statements: Safe Harbor or Rocky Shoals?," O'Melveny & Myers' Litigation Department of the Year Roundtable Series (2005)