September 2017 - LTL Attorneys LLP

LTL Attorneys LLP is proud to welcome Prashanth Chennakesavan and Andrea Contreras as associates in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Prashanth will focus his practice on complex commercial litigation and Andrea will focus on employment and class action matters.

Prashanth joins the firm from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP’s New York office where he represented companies in antitrust, trade secret, intellectual property and complex business litigation matters before state and federal courts and arbitration panels. He is a graduate of Columbia Law School where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar and served on the Editorial Board of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review.

Andrea, also a Columbia Law School graduate, served as a litigation associate at Morrison & Foerster’s Los Angeles office. She is a member of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles and the Association of Business Trial Lawyers of Los Angeles, and she is a three-time recipient of the “Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services” from the State Bar of California.

With the addition of Prashanth, Andrea, and this year’s incoming first-year class, LTL now has over 40 attorneys across its three offices in California, dedicated to trials and arbitrations.

“We are excited to welcome Prashanth and Andrea to our growing Los Angeles office and to the firm,” said LTL co-managing partner Thomas Suh. “Their work experience, training, and educational background, add greatly to our existing roster of talented advocates whose innovative approach to the practice of law continue to advance our results-driven, client-first mission.”

LTL Attorneys LLP is pleased to announce that firm co-founder and co-managing partner James Lee has been selected to the inaugural issue of The National Law Journal’s “Elite Boutique Trailblazers” list. The list recognizes outstanding attorneys and firms nationwide who have made an impact in the boutique sector, and includes renowned firms like Hueston Hennigan and Keker, Van Nest & Peters. Only 24 attorneys from 18 firms were selected for inclusion on the list for 2017.

“I am thrilled that LTL was included on the Elite Boutiques list. This award is a tribute to our success using technology and innovation in a litigation boutique setting,” said Lee. “As we continue to grow and thrive, LTL will help pioneer the future of the legal industry by transforming the way lawyers deliver quality work product and services to better serve client needs.”

Lee co-founded LTL as the first spin-off of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP in 2003. He leads the firm’s complex commercial litigation and business contingency practices. Lee has extensive experience litigating intellectual property matters, software related litigation, fraud cases, commercial disputes, class actions, privacy and cybercrime matters, and other complex claims. He recently led a trial team and prevailed in a six-day federal jury trial involving trademark infringement claims, ultimately defeating a claim for $30 million in damages. Lee has also obtained numerous seven-figure awards in trials and arbitration matters; in fact, on the plaintiff’s side, he has recovered over $325 million in settlements for LTL’s clients in just the last 3 years.

Lee is a member of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity and is vice chair of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association’s Intellectual Property committee. He earned his J.D. from Stanford Law School.