Quyen Ta
Associate

Email: qta@kvn.com
Tel: 415.391.5400

Education:
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley, 2003
University of California at Los Angeles, 1999

Quyen's practice focuses on complex civil litigation, and her practice has included securities, intellectual property, and legal malpractice disputes. She has been an active member of three trial teams and has second-chaired a plaintiff-side breach of contract lawsuit that resulted in a verdict for plaintiff.

Quyen graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from UCLA in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and a minor in Scandinavian literature. Prior to law school, Quyen was a community organizer at the Asian Law Caucus. She graduated from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley in May 2003, where she was on the Admissions Committee, served as the community service chair for the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, and was the symposium editor for the Asian Law Journal. She was awarded the Vietnamese American Bar Association community service award upon graduation.

Prior to joining Keker & Van Nest, she served as policy counsel at the National Partnership for Women & Families under the auspices of the Georgetown Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program. At the National Partnership, Quyen focused on workplace fairness issues affecting women and their families and judicial nominations. Following her fellowship, Quyen clerked for the Honorable Lawrence K. Karlton of the United States District Court, Eastern District of California.

Quyen is active in bar and community activities. She is a board member of the Asian Law Caucus and the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California.