Lynn R. Fiorentino
Associate

Practice Areas

Experience

Lynn Fiorentino's practice focuses on commercial litigation and white collar criminal defense.  She has extensive experience representing corporate clients in toxic tort and products liability cases, as well as defending business organizations and individuals in government investigations and white collar criminal cases.

In the general commercial area, Lynn has significant experience taking depositions in toxic exposure, products liability, premises liability, and environmental cases.  Lynn has participated in two trials leading to defense verdicts in multi-million dollar products liability cases for a major automobile manufacturer. Lynn conducts numerous witness interviews in toxic tort cases and develops fact witnesses for trial. She has argued several motions in state and federal courts, and successfully defended clients at mediations in environmental and premises liability cases.

In the white collar criminal area, Lynn has defended both individuals and corporations in governmental investigations and criminal cases.  Lynn has represented foreign material witnesses during a prolonged governmental investigation involving the Clean Water Act.  Lynn has also successfully represented a medical malpractice insurer in an investigation by the U.S. Attorneys' office involving alleged invasion of a competitor's secured website.  Lynn has extensive experience conducting witness interviews in white collar matters, and drafting and arguing motions in state and federal court.

Admissions

Lynn is admitted to practice in California and in the United States District Court, Northern District of California.

Education

University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D., magna cum laude
Judicial extern to the Honorable Charles R. Breyer, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California in 2003
University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A.

Affiliations

American Bar Association, Member of Criminal Justice section
California State Bar Association, Member of Litigation and Criminal Justice sections

Publications

"Ninth Circuit Reaffirms Strict Interpretation of the Attorney-Client Privilege in a Corporate Internal Investigation", Nixon Peabody Law Alert, November 2009 (co-authored with Anjali Chaturvedi).

“Transforming Tort Liability Into Criminal Liability”, Products Liability Law 360, June 2009.

Co-author, Proposed Amendments to U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Portend Significant Changes to Corporate Compliance Programs, Thelen Reid & Priest Report, June 25, 2004.