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Michelle L. Landry

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Michelle L. Landry

Shareholder

Michelle L. Landry is a Shareholder in the firm's Litigation practice area and serves as the Managing Shareholder of the San Francisco office, Chair of the firm's women’s affinity group, Women at Vedder Empowering Success (WAVES) and also serves on the Firm’s Associate Hiring Committee.

Ms. Landry focuses her practice on prosecuting and defending complex civil litigation across a wide array of industries for individuals, partnerships, LLCs, and private and publicly traded companies. She has represented clients in breach of contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, unfair business practices, commercial lease disputes, trademark, trade secrets, copyright and patent matters, defamation and invasion of privacy cases, price-fixing and RICO. Ms. Landry has substantial trial and arbitration experience.

Ms. Landry has defended a number of complex litigation and class action matters in both California state and federal courts. She has defended companies against claims brought by City governments, class actions related to payday lending and lead generation, wage-and-hour and other employment claims, cosmetics branding, and violations of California’s Talent Scam Prevention Act. She also has represented a number of hotel owners, real estate developers, commercial landlords and tenants in a variety of litigation matters, including lease disputes, purchase and sale disputes and fraud.

Prior to joining Vedder Price, Ms. Landry served as a partner at a full-service litigation firm and was previously in-house counsel for the developer of Skyy Vodka.

Michelle L. Landry

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Education

  • University of California, Davis School of Law, J.D., 1997
  • Emerson College, B.A., 1994, cum laude

Michelle L. Landry

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Bar Admissions

  • California, 1997

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1997
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 1997
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1997
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 1997

Michelle L. Landry

Shareholder

Michelle L. Landry

Shareholder

Experience

Ms. Landry’s recent experience includes the following:

  • Securing jury verdict and fees on behalf of San Francisco commercial property owner against tenant raising constructive eviction defense
  • Securing summary judgment plus attorneys’ fees against personal guarantor on behalf of seller of real property in connection with seller carryback loan
  • Securing motion to dismiss on behalf of a bank client in the U.S. District Court of the District of Minnesota against claims of intentional and negligent misrepresentation, declaratory judgment on subordination agreement, equitable estoppel, and economic duress and business compulsion
  • Securing motion to dismiss under MN’s new anti-slapp statute, UPEPA, on behalf of bank client against claims of breach of fiduciary duty, failure to follow court orders and lack of independence and civil conspiracy
  • Defending the owner of an assisted living facility against claims brought by the City of San Francisco for alleged breach of development agreement, and unfair competition claims by the State of California, related to low-income housing
  • Defending a tech company in class action claims for labor code violations related to non-compete agreements
  • Defending cosmetics company against class claims for false advertising
  • Represent numerous hotel owners in breach of contract actions related to failed purchase and sale agreements
  • Defending Monster headphone’s use of its mark against Dolby
  • Representing a hotel for business interruption against MTA in connection with subway expansion
  • Representing lead generation company and its celebrity endorser against class actions related to payday lending and lead generation (in California and Minnesota on a pro hac vice basis)
  • Defending and prosecuting claims of trademark infringement;
  • Defending a banking entity in complex litigation brought by the San Francisco City Attorney on behalf of the People of the State of California relating to payday and installment loans made to California consumers and representing marketing companies against class action claims related to the marketing of such loans
  • Prosecuting claims by a major credit card company to recover from its primary insurer for losses arising from a class action alleging violation of consent-to-record provisions of California’s Invasion of Privacy Act and other similar state statutes
  • Representing a major home builder in a federal investigation regarding alleged mortgage fraud
  • Responding to civil investigative demands
  • Litigating several complex disputes involving Bay Area real estate (partner
    buyouts, option contract enforcement, public works projects)