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O'Melveny & Myers LLP Offices

400 SOUTH HOPE STREET
LOS ANGELES, CA 90017-2899
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Catalina Vergara

Work Department
Financial Services; Data Security & Privacy; Financial Technology
Position
Partner
Languages
- Spanish
Education
- Georgetown University, J.D.: cum laude; Advocate, Jessup International Law Moot Court Team; Winner, Leahy Moot Court Competition
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., International Studies and Comparative Literature; Morehead Scholar; Dean’s List; Honors Program
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
O’Melveny & Myers LLP fields a sizeable team of litigators and represents clients in high-stakes ERISA litigation. The team is a regular counsel to corporations, financial institutions and plan sponsors on legal developments related to ERISA and other regulatory requirements involving the management of retirement plans. The firm developed its own set of software to optimize the efficiency of the litigation process, and its editorial team also works collectively to contribute to the writing of legal arguments. The litigation team is led by Washington DC-based partner Meaghan VerGow and Gregory Jacob, who brings public sector experience working in government departments, and is supported by Brian Boyle, who works with financial services providers, and Shannon Barrett, with a focus on fiduciary duties. The Los Angeles office includes Catalina Vergara, who works on fiduciary breach litigation.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Industry focus > Insurance: advice to insurers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Energy: renewable/alternative power
- Industry focus > Environment: transactional
- Industry focus > Healthcare: health insurers
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Industry focus > Transport: aviation and air travel - litigation and regulation
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Industry focus > Healthcare: life sciences
- International Trade > International trade
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Industry focus > Energy regulation: electric power
- Finance > Project finance