Ms. Sessions applies her competitive nature and team spirit to achieving her clients’ goals; providing focused support, creative solutions and precisely drafted motions to surmount high-stakes criminal and complex commercial litigation.
Ms. Sessions’s prior experience sharpened the skills essential to her litigation practice. As an avid runner, she learned to remain fiercely committed in the face of a seemingly daunting goal. As a law clerk to both federal district and appellate judges, she honed her ability to write cleanly and persuasively. As a costume and set designer prior to law school, she developed skills to devise creative solutions and successfully work on a team.
Since joining Keker & Van Nest in the fall of 2011, she has handled several high-profile white collar cases, as well as intellectual property and antitrust litigation.
Cases of Note
Chevron v. Stephen Donziger: To avoid paying the $18 billion judgment for causing massive pollution to the Amazon rainforest, Chrevon filed a high-profile racketeering case against the U.S. attorney who secured the award for the Ecuadorian citizens - Steven Donziger. Keker & Van Nest is defending Mr. Donziger in this case before the Southern District of New York.
Former Employees v. Lucasfilm Ltd.: We advised Lucasfilm Ltd. in an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and are now representing the company in a series of antitrust class actions brought by former employees of Lucasfilm, Apple, Intel and Pixar. Plaintiffs allege unlawful agreements related to hiring and employee retention.
United States v. Executive: We are representing the former owner of a California-based agribusiness company against antitrust, mail fraud and bribery charges brought by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento. Prosecutors allege that our client violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by participating in a conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition in the tomato processing industry by raising and fixing prices, and rigging bids for the sale of tomato paste within the U.S. We are now challenging the government’s unlawful seizure of documents, wiretaps and other materials.
Honors and Awards
University of Michigan Law School
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Order of the Coif
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Lee C. Bollinger Prize for excellence in the study of the First Amendment, 2010
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Journal of Law Reform, associate editor, 2007-2008, contributing editor, 2008-2009
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Certificate of Merit: Transnational Law, 2006
Yale University
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American Jewish Congress Prize for Scholarship in Judaic Studies, awarded for the best senior thesis
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Board of directors, Yale University Dramatic Association