Kelly
Perigoe

Drafted the brief and argued before the California Courts of Appeal on behalf of an entertainment media company in an appeal from the confirmation of an arbitration award, resulting in a published decision in the client’s favor

Filed an amicus brief in Lucia v. Securities and Exchange Commission before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, sitting en banc, on behalf of the general partner and investment manager of two hedge funds that invest in legal financing, regarding the constitutionality of the appointment of SEC administrative law judges under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution

Filed an amicus brief in PHH Corporation, et. al v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, sitting en banc, on behalf of a hedge fund regarding the constitutionality of the CFPB’s structure

Represented a major clothing retailer that had lost an insurance dispute in trial court, obtaining a complete reversal in a published decision by the California Court of Appeal regarding an insurer’s duty to defend where there is potential for coverage for disparagement

Stepped in as appellate counsel for a nationwide health club, obtaining an affirmance of the trial court’s dismissal of a class action, persuading the Court of Appeal that the plaintiffs had failed to prove class-wide consumer confusion under California’s Unfair Competition Law

Was an integral part of the appellate team that secured an affirmance of the trial court ruling the team obtained in favor of Fox Searchlight Pictures on breach of contract claims brought by the producers of the film Napoleon Dynamite

Represented a transgender woman seeking an amendment to the gender marker on her Kansas birth certificate in a petition for review of an adverse agency ruling before the Kansas district court

Obtained withholding of removal for a transgender woman who had been severely persecuted in her home country of Belize–including being threatened with death by her family and detention by local police–because of her sexual orientation and gender identity

In partnership with Inner City Law Center, represented a class of low-income, Spanish-speaking tenants living in uninhabitable conditions, obtaining a settlement that included a $400,000 payment to the clients, and required repairs to the apartments, ongoing control of pest infestation problems, and numerous other improvements to the building