Glaser Weil Fink Howard Jordan & Shapiro LLP

Litigation/Employment/Investigations and White Collar Litigation

Partner and Co-Chair of the Litigation Department

Julie R. F. Gerchik is a highly sought-after complex commercial litigation partner and co-chair of Glaser Weil's Litigation Department. Julie represents an enviable roster of domestic and international clients, including investment firms, entertainment and media companies, and financial services entities as well as high-net-worth individuals. She also handles all aspects of investigations. Julie has considerable experience across various industries in all aspects of motion practice, discovery, mediation, and both trial and arbitration work in federal and state court.

Julie brings the exacting skill required to both effectively navigate high-profile public disputes with significant PR implications and handle highly confidential personal matters. Some of her greatest client accomplishments are those that successfully avoided headlines.

Julie frequently handles matters relating to:

Complex commercial litigation Crisis management Entertainment litigation Real estate litigation Investigations related to: Employment, including sexual harassment and discrimination Trade secrets Banking

In business disputes, Julie represents financial institutions, private equity firms, hedge funds and financial advisory firms. Her clients have included The Gores Group, JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, Societe Generale, Genesis Bank, The Carlyle Group and the Yucaipa Companies.

In entertainment, Julie represents companies, studios, executives, producers, writers, directors, actors, influencers and other high-profile individuals – particularly when confidentiality is paramount. Julie also represents technology clients, including emerging companies in social media and digital advertising.

In addition to serving as co-chair of the Litigation Department, Julie is a co-chair of Glaser Weil’s litigation recruiting committee and a former chair and active member of the Pro Bono Committee. Throughout her career, she has been involved in varied pro bono matters, including supervising the Holocaust reparations project, drafting the Bill of Rights for a newly created government and leading the representation of a group of low-income individuals in a slumlord action. She also handles varied aspects of Firm and Litigation Department management, including recruiting, associate issues and mentoring.

Prior to joining Glaser Weil, Julie practiced with an Am Law 10 firm in Los Angeles for more than decade. Julie is also a dual citizen of both the United States and Great Britain, and she is admitted to both the California and New York bars.

Julie is a member of the Board of Governors of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers and a member of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association. For many years, she served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Litigation Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. She is also a former member of the board of governors of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, past co-chair of the Executive Committee of the Bet Tzedek New Leadership Council and a former member of the Los Angeles County Bar Access to Justice Committee.

Member, Board of Governors, Association of Business Trial Lawyers

Co-Chair, Bet Tzedek New Leadership Council, 2013-2016

Member, Board of Directors, Bet Tzedek, 2013-2016

New York University School of Law, LLM, Review of Law and Social Change

Oxford University, B.A., Law

London School of Economics and Political Science, M.Sc.

University of California, Berkeley, B.A., magna cum laude