Lora Krsulich

Lora Krsulich is a trial lawyer in Goodwin’s Trials, Investigations, and Litigation practice. She focuses on technology cases and takes pride in mastering the technology at the heart of a dispute and making it clear and compelling to a jury.

In United States v. Ding, a federal criminal trial over the alleged theft of Google’s AI chip and supercomputing trade secrets, Lora delivered the defense’s opening statement — covered by Courthouse News Service and Bloomberg Law — cross-examined Google executives and engineers and directed the defense’s international trade secrets expert. The defense won a judgment of acquittal on the economic espionage charges.

Her courtroom experience spans forums and industries. In the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, she helped win a complete defense verdict after an eight-day jury trial in a patent case seeking more than $86 million over spinal implant technology. Before the International Trade Commission, she directed a validity expert in a patent dispute over indexed, incremental desktop searches. And in Ohio state court, she handled a sensitive cross-examination of a fact witness — the kind of work that led co-counsel to credit her with “incredible judgment,” “vicious trial instincts, a keen strategic mind, and poise and presence at the podium beyond her years.”

Lora also has deep class action experience. She has represented consumer classes pursuing nationwide antitrust claims and policyholder classes pursuing breach of contract claims against life insurance companies. On the opposite side of the “v.,” Lora has also defended large consumer companies against privacy and consumer protection claims in California state and federal court. In all matters, Lora handled key expert and fact depositions, and oral arguments. 

Outside the courtroom, Lora writes and speaks about trial advocacy and practicing law as a full human being, including going to trial as a new mom, using empathy to drive effective direct examination, and building relationships across socioeconomic status. She has been featured on The Legal 500 Podcast, Khurram’s Quorum, and The Woman 2 Woman Podcast, where she talks about her path as a first-generation lawyer and female litigator.

• CFPB v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc. (C.D. Cal.) 
  Representing Experian in an enforcement action brought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Consumer Financial Protection Act in connection with Experian’s handling and reinvestigation of consumer credit report disputes
• Sundstrum v. NerdWallet, Inc. (Clark County Superior Court, Wash.) 
  Representing NerdWallet in a putative class action arising out of prerecorded telemarketing calls allegedly placed by third-party lead generators promoting NerdWallet’s loan services
• Tuthill v. MNTN, Inc. (S.D. Cal.) 
  Representing MNTN, a publicly traded Connected TV advertising platform, in a putative nationwide class action alleging that MNTN’s tracking-pixel and cross-device attribution technology unlawfully intercepts consumers’ communications with advertiser websites
• Consumer Finance Contract Cases (California Superior Court)
  Representing a financial services company and affiliated entities in coordinated putative class actions challenging the company’s home equity sharing agreements
• Yeates v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc. (C.D. Cal.) 
  Representing Experian in a putative statewide class action alleging that the inclusion of Colorado residents’ cellular telephone numbers in Experian’s commercial data products violates Colorado’s Prevention of Telemarketing Fraud Act, Colo. Rev. Stat. § 6-1-304(4)

Lora is currently serving as the president of the Judge Paul R. Michel Intellectual Property Inn of Court.

She is also actively involved in efforts to meet legal service gaps through mentorship and pro bono work. Goodwin has three times named Lora a Most Valuable Mentor for her role counseling junior associates. Lora also enjoys supporting her alma mater, Berkeley Law, and its efforts to support current law students through financial aid and scholarships.

Before law school, Lora built a multidisciplinary background spanning public policy, litigation, and academic leadership. She served as a senior policy advisor for the City of Newark, New Jersey’s award-winning Office of Prisoner Reentry, where she managed federally funded initiatives and oversaw program strategy, budgeting, and compliance. She also worked as a policy analyst in the Cost-Benefit Analysis Unit of the Vera Institute of Justice, evaluating the economic and policy impacts of criminal justice reforms.

Prior to joining Goodwin, Lora gained invaluable insights from federal clerkships on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. She was also an associate at Susman Godfrey LLP in Los Angeles, where she represented clients in high-stakes commercial and intellectual property disputes.

• Editor-in-Chief, California Law Review, Vol. 104 
• Order of the Coif 
• Thelen Marrin Law Award (Excellence in Academic Achievement) 
• American Jurisprudence Award (Highest Grade), Legal Research and Writing
• Prosser Prizes (Legislation & Statutory Interpretation; Public Law & Policy)
• Finalist, McBaine Moot Court Honors Competition
• Co-Chair, Berkeley Law First Generation Professionals