Rodriguez, Noel

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Noel Rodriguez represents entities in a broad range of commercial litigation matters involving contracts, patent litigation and other intellectual property rights, creditors' rights and remedies, insolvency-related litigation, and prejudgment provisional remedies. She has represented entities against False Claims Act cases and tort and unfair business practice claims under the Alien Tort Statute, the Torture Victim Protection Act, and the California Business & Professions Code Section 17200.

Noel's recent experience includes representing an energy company against allegations of patent infringement that resulted in a very favorable settlement; defending an international energy company against common law tort, Alien Tort Statute, and Torture Victim Protection Act claims that resulted in a complete defense verdict; representing secured creditors in relief from stay motions in bankruptcy courts; representing banks in creditor rights and remedies actions arising from construction loan agreements; and counseling an international energy company on minimizing prelitigation risk involving overseas assets.

Noel is co-chair of the board of directors for AIDS Legal Referral Panel, an organization providing legal services to people living with HIV/AIDS in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is also a member of the executive and events committees. Noel is a member of the Bar Association of San Francisco's Law Academy Advisory Committee. Law Academy is a program that encourages and increases career opportunities for underserved and ethnically diverse students in San Francisco high schools. She also serves on Jones Day San Francisco's Diversity Committee.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Bankruptcy & Insolvency Litigation
• Commercial Disputes
• Construction Litigation

Representative Cases

• Chevron obtains defense victory in highly publicized Nigerian human rights case , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Class Actions, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Leasing, Complex Litigation, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Franchising, International Trade Litigation, International Transactions, Joint Ventures, Lemon Law, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Secured Transactions, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Transactions, Uniform Commercial Code, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Warranties

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• Harvard University
• Stanford University

Published Works

• Goodbye Boiler-Plate: Practical Advice for Drafters of Domestic and International Arbitration Agreements, 3:2 World Arb. & Mediation Rev. 149, Copyright 2009, JurisNet, LLC. World Arbitration and Mediation Reporter is published by JurisNet, LLC. For more information, including how to subscribe, please visit http://www.arbitrationlaw.com, 2009

Address

555 California Street
26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104

Phones

1.415.875.5787 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.415.875.5700 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com