Biography
Kerry L. Duffy is a Partner at Bartko Pavia LLP in the litigation practice group. Kerry has extensive experience in complex commercial litigation cases, data privacy and privacy compliance, healthcare, antitrust, Proposition 65, trusts and estates, and bankruptcy matters. She advises clients across a wide range of industries, with a particular focus on e-discovery counseling and information governance, and offers innovative and cost-effective strategies for handling discovery. Kerry has litigated business disputes in both state and federal courts, including defending multiple healthcare systems in class action privacy litigation, and also has experience representing clients in mediation.
Prior to joining the firm, Kerry practiced in Oakland, California, specializing in bankruptcy litigation. During law school, she was a judicial extern to the Honorable Randall J. Newsome (Ret.), Chief Judge in the United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California. Kerry was also an extern in the Office of the United States Trustee of the U.S. Department of Justice, San Francisco Division.
Education
- University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings), J.D.
- Miami University, B.A., cum laude
Admissions
- State Bar of California
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
- United States District Court for the Southern District of California
- United States District Court for the Central District of California
Cases
- Kerry helped obtain a defense verdict in a civil antitrust monopolization trial where the plaintiffs asked the jury for $34 million.
- Kerry successfully resolved an FDIC investigation addressing breach of fiduciary duty claims brought against directors and officers of a failed bank.
- Kerry represented a major healthcare organization provider in a vendor breach of contract case.
- Kerry was also a member of the firm’s trial team in a trademark case over the use of a business name in which the firm twice defeated Wells Fargo’s motions for a preliminary injunction. Wells Fargo v. ABD, 2014 WL 4312021.
Publications
Publications Author, “California Responses to Supercenter Development: A Survey of Ordinances, Cases and Elections,” Public Law Research Institute Reports, Spring 2004
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