Coates, Christina

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Christina has represented clients in a wide variety of complex commercial litigation matters, including product liability, toxic tort, health care, and antitrust. She has been involved in many successful legal representations, including the defense of IBM in the In re IBM San Jose Workers' Litigation, a lawsuit filed on behalf of more than 45 employees alleging personal injury claims due to chemical exposure in the workplace. The jury returned a unanimous defense verdict at the conclusion of the precedent-setting, five-month trial of two of the plaintiffs. Other experience includes: the defense of International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers against federal antitrust claims filed by Verisign; representation of 3D Systems in an international arbitration with Swiss company Vantico International S.A. regarding the parties' rights to photolithography equipment and resins developed under a joint venture agreement; and representation of Tenet hospitals in arbitration proceedings against Health Net seeking more than $100 million in unpaid reimbursement due under contract.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice

Representative Cases

• 3D Systems obtains favorable settlement in contractual and trade secret dispute between joint developers of specialty chemicals used in rapid prototyping systems , (2009)
• Domestic violence victims get help with obtaining restraining orders , (2009)
• IBM wins defense verdict in San Jose workers' toxic tort litigation case
• Neways defeats repeated efforts to obtain class certification in unfair competition and breach of contract case , (2009)
• San Bernadino County settles liability trial in inverse condemnation case
• Tenet Healthcare Systems achieves favorable settlement in arbitration for unpaid reimbursement
• Tenet secures summary judgment precertification in debt collection putative class action

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• Georgetown University
• U of California - San Diego

Address

12265 El Camino Real Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92130-4096

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1.858.314.1152 (Business Phone)

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1.858.314.1150 (Business Fax)

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