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Julie R. Trotter     jtrotter@calljensen.com

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Julie R. Trotter is a shareholder at Call & Jensen.  Ms. Trotter practices in the area of business litigation and has represented clients in a variety of commercial disputes with a particular focus on employment discrimination, wrongful termination, ADA, class action wage and hour disputes, breach of contract, fraud, negligence, and unfair competition claims.  For the third year in a row, Ms. Trotter has been named a “Rising Star” by Los Angeles Magazine.  This distinction is reserved for just two and one-half percent of the attorneys in Los Angeles and Orange County.  Rising Stars are lawyers who are under 40, or who have been practicing ten years or less, selected for excellence in the practice of law.

 

Prior to joining the firm in August 2004, Ms. Trotter was an associate with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in their Orange County office where she practiced in the firm’s Labor and Employment and Litigation Departments.  Ms. Trotter commenced her career at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in 2000 after earning her law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law where she was Valedictorian and graduated first in her class.  Ms. Trotter served as Lead Articles Editor of the Pepperdine Law Review.  She earned her Bachelor degree in English from Santa Clara University in 1997.

 

Notable Work:

 

·      Obtained a complete dismissal of the class claims in a hard-fought $50 million wage and hour class action on behalf of a premiere fashion retailer.  In that case, Ms. Trotter also obtained insurance coverage for the costs and fees incurred by the client in defending the lawsuit.

 

·      Obtained a complete dismissal of a class action suit brought under the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act on behalf of a leading manufacturer of nationally- branded personal and healthcare small appliances.  In obtaining the dismissal, Ms. Trotter convinced the Court in a two-day hearing that the Consumer Legal Remedies Act Claim lacked merit.  Upon the dismissal of that cause of action, plaintiffs voluntarily chose to dismiss their remaining claims.

 

·      Obtained summary judgment in a suit alleging wrongful termination in violation of public policy and negligent hiring and supervision.

 

·      Obtained summary judgment in five separate lawsuits alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and related state law claims on behalf of one of the nation’s largest convenience store chains.  In addition to obtaining summary judgment, Ms. Trotter defeated plaintiffs’ attempts to recover their attorneys’ fees in each lawsuit.

 

·      Obtained terminating sanctions in a lawsuit alleging violations of the California Unruh Civil Rights Act on behalf of one of the nation’s largest convenience store chains. 

 

·      Obtained a complete dismissal from the United States District Court, Central District of a declaratory relief action regarding the enforceability of a covenant not to compete signed by an out of state employee who subsequently moved to California.  Ms. Trotter successfully convinced the court that the declaratory relief action filed by the employee in California was an improper, anticipatory lawsuit filed for the purpose of forum shopping and as a means to avoid enforcement of the covenant not to compete in Ohio, where the employee previously resided and where the agreement was executed.

 

·      Represented a leading clothing manufacturer in a high-profile, wrongful termination/gender discrimination suit brought by a former executive officer of the Company.  Successfully negotiated a very favorable settlement on behalf of the Company and persuaded the insurance carrier to fund the majority of the settlement.