Chavez, Courtney R.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Courtney Chavez focuses her practice on white-collar criminal defense and civil litigation involving quasi-criminal claims, and she has experience in both federal and state civil litigation. Her clients include corporations and individual defendants. Courtney was a member of the trial team representing former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona and has represented clients facing various federal criminal charges, including RICO conspiracy, conspiracy, wire and mail fraud, and witness tampering. She also has advised corporations facing database breach issues and pre-indictment investigations.

In addition, Courtney volunteers her time at the Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice working with victims of domestic violence, where she has successfully represented her clients in their efforts to obtain permanent restraining orders against their abusers.

Courtney is a board member of the Latina Lawyers Bar Association, which seeks to promote diversity in the legal field.

Areas of Practice

• Corporate Criminal Investigations
• Health Care & Other Regulated Industries
• Public Officials
• State Attorneys General Investigations & Litigation

Representative Cases

• Five year permanent restraining order obtained on behalf of client
• Michael Carona acquitted on five of six counts of an indictment charging him with corruption and witness tampering , (2009)
• Outsourcing vendor advised on data security breach
• Team successfully defends against mutual restraining orders

West Practice Categories

Criminal Fraud, Criminal Law, Ethics, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Federal, Felonies, Grand Jury Proceedings, Health & Health Care Law, Professional Responsibility, Victims' Rights, White Collar Crimes

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• Pomona College
• U of Texas - Austin

Address

555 South Flower Street
Fiftieth Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2300

Phones

1.213.243.2205 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.213.243.2539 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com