Sheppard

Litigation; Real Estate, Energy, Land Use & Environmental

Whitney Jones Roy is a litigation partner in the firm's Los Angeles office. With more than two decades of complex trial experience in state and federal courts across California, she works closely with her clients to understand their business and minimize the impacts of litigation. She is adept at early case resolution strategies, but if a case does go to trial, is a dedicated advocate for her clients in the courtroom. When called on, she also defends her clients on appeal. Whitney represents clients across a broad spectrum of industries, including oil companies, energy, financial institutions, insurance, real estate, construction equipment, food and beverage, consumer goods, and retail.

Whitney was recognized by Law360 as a "Female Powerbroker," recognized among the Top Women Attorneys in Los Angeles in 2020 by the Los Angeles Business Journal, and named one of the top 100 Women Lawyers in California by the Daily Journal in 2014.

Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Women's Law Association of Los Angeles

Member, California Women Lawyers

Member, National Association of Women Lawyers

Member, Association of Business Trial Lawyers

Alumnus, Leadership California - Class of 2005

J.D., University of Southern California, 2000,

• 1999 Champion of the USC’s Hale Moot Court Honors Program

• 2000 Outstanding Oralist at Brooklyn Law School's Jerome Prince Evidence Moot Court Competition

• Worked for noted Professor Charles Whitebread as a teaching and research assistant

• Staff member for the Southern California Review of Law and Women's Studies

B.A., Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 1997, cum laude

B.A., Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1997, cum laude