Mary E. Tarduno

Mary E. Tarduno is an attorney in the Litigation Department in the firm's Los Angeles office.

Areas of Practice

Ms. Tarduno specializes in civil litigation and internal investigations involving  False Claims Act violations, breach of contract, fraud, ERISA, and wrongful termination.  Ms. Tarduno has conducted investigations for aerospace and defense industry clients on cost accounting, time-charging, contracting, and other regulatory issues. 

Ms. Tarduno's civil litigation experience also includes unfair business practices, antitrust, RICO, unlawful detainer, slander, lender liability, insurance coverage questions, real property disputes, oil pricing regulation, franchise disputes arising under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act and state law, and judicial review of arbitration awards. 

Education

• J.D., Harvard University, 1982, cum laude, president and editor of Harvard Law Record and co-author of Wind Energy Conversion, Harvard Environmental Law Review, Spring 1981
• B.S., Engineering Physics, Lehigh University, 1979, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi

Admissions

• California
• U.S. District Courts in California
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
• U.S. Supreme Court