Rebecca is a dynamic litigator with deep financial services defense experience. She works tirelessly to mitigate risk and safeguard her clients' interests.
Overview
Rebecca leverages top-notch litigation skills, keen emotional intelligence, and unwavering determination to drive excellent outcomes. She represents financial institutions, primarily national banks, mortgage and auto lenders and loan servicers. She has extensive experience defending suits brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
Rebecca also has experience defending class actions alleging statutory violations, unfair business practices, breach of contract and fraud. She has successfully negotiated class action settlements, navigated the class settlement approval process and resolved multiple putative class actions on an individual basis.
Rebecca is an experienced litigator capable of achieving results via direct negotiation and mediation, even in contentious cases.
Experience
- Obtained complete defense judgments on behalf of lenders in cases tried in state court and arbitration.
- On behalf of a major mortgage servicer, obtained an order dismissing with prejudice a putative federal class action brought by heirs to deceased reverse mortgage borrowers. The decision was affirmed on appeal to the Ninth Circuit.
- Secured dismissal of multiple individual and class actions at the pleadings stage through successful motion practice.
- Successfully moved numerous matters to arbitration via seamless negotiation and winning motions as necessary.
- Prevailed on numerous dispositive motions in arbitration, disposing of claims and entire cases with efficiency and finality.
- Repeatedly leveraged finely honed deposition skills to gain key admissions, resulting in immediate voluntary dismissals after depositions.
- Collegial interactions with all counsel, resulting in earlier and better resolutions for clients in hotly contested cases.
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Speaking Engagements
Professional & Civic Activities
Professional & Civic Activities
- American Financial Services Association (AFSA) – Law Committee
Practices & Industries
Admissions
- California
- Florida
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Education
UC Law San Francisco (formerly Hastings), J.D., 2002
University of California, San Diego, B.S., 1996
