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Christa M. Anderson
Partner

Email: canderson@kvn.com
Tel: 415.391.5400

Education:
Harvard Law School, 1994
Wellesley College, 1991

Christa Anderson is a partner at Keker & Van Nest and has been with the firm since 1996. Christa specializes in handling complex and high stakes business litigation and was chosen by The Daily Journal in 2007 as one of the top 20 lawyers under age 40 in California.

Christa has represented corporations and individuals in cases involving claims of antitrust law violations, patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, copyright and trademark infringement, civil RICO Act violations, fraud, unfair business practices, breaches of contract, securities law violations, professional negligence, wrongful termination of employment, and discrimination. She represents clients in a wide range of industries including semiconductor design and manufacturing, venture capital investment, Internet services, retail sales, video game design, automobile manufacturing and the practice of law.

Notable cases include: Intel Corp. v. CSIRO, U.S.D.C., E.D. Tex. (patent litigation); Pande v. Chevron Corp., U.S.D.C., N.D. Cal. (employment litigation); In Re Napster Copyright Litigation, U.S.D.C., N.D. Cal. (copyright infringement and antitrust litigation); Dawson v. American Honda Finance Corp., Cal. Sup. Ct., Alameda County (putative class action regarding financing-related issues); Pakeman v. American Honda Finance Corp., Cal. Sup. Ct., Alameda County (class action related to financing issues); Willis, et al. v. American Honda Finance Corp., U.S.D.C., M.D. Tenn. (class action related to financing issues); Bryant v. Mattel, U.S.D.C., C.D. Cal. (copyright infringement, breach of contract, and employment litigation); Gabana v. Gap, Inc., U.S.D.C., N.D. Cal. (breach of contract litigation); Mitchell v. Intel Corporation, U.S.D.C., E.D. Tex. (patent litigation); TSMC v. SMIC, Cal. Sup. Ct., Alameda County (trade secret litigation); In Re American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Dealership Relations Litigation, U.S.D.C., D. Md. (civil RICO litigation).

Christa graduated summa cum laude from Wellesley College in 1991 with a mathematics major. She then attended Harvard Law School, graduating cum laude in 1994. While a Harvard law student, she was a member of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.

Christa is admitted to practice before the California and Massachusetts bars and numerous federal courts.