Andrea N. Feathers

Andrea Feathers is a senior associate in the Business Trial Practice Group in the firm’s Los Angeles office. She is the co-leader of the Women Lawyers Group for the firm’s Los Angeles office.

Areas of Practice 

Andrea specializes in complex commercial litigation. Her experience includes environmental and real estate litigation, breach of contract and fiduciary actions, healthcare and media law.

In the environmental practice area, she has defended clients in complex litigation involving Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), California Hazardous Substances Account Act (HSAA), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and related claims. She represented defendants in two separate complex multi-party actions brought by a large water district. She has also litigated product labelling actions alleging non-compliance with California’s Proposition 65.

Andrea is committed to pro bono work. She has represented clients in a variety of areas, including First Amendment law, public records access, asylum, adoption and guardianship. In 2018, she was awarded the Bob Gerber Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award, which recognizes one Sheppard Mullin attorney each year for pro bono work.

Activities

Andrea is an attorney member of the Attorney Admissions Fund Board for the United States District Court Central District of California.

Clerkships and Externships

Before joining Sheppard Mullin, Andrea was a law clerk to the Honorable Andrew J. Guilford of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

During law school, she served as an extern to the Honorable Virginia A. Phillips of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Articles

Trade Secrets Law Blog Posts

• "The Developing “Avoided Costs” Remedy in Trade Secret Litigation," October 25, 2022
• "Illegal Deal? Ninth Circuit Rejects Attempt to Revive No-Poaching Claims," November 30, 2021

Corporate & Securities Law Blog Posts

• "Delaware Chancery Court Holds that Creditor Plaintiffs in Derivative Suits May Satisfy Standing Requirement by Showing Corporation’s Insolvency at Time of Suit, Regardless of Later Solvency," May 26, 2015
• "Delaware Court of Chancery Rejects Contemporaneous Ownership Requirement For Creditors Asserting Derivative Claims," October 27, 2014
• "California Court of Appeal Holds That Challenges to Corporate Elections Under Corporations Code Section 709 May be Predicated Upon Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Conflict of Interest Allegations," November 6, 2013 

Media Mentions

Memberships

• Member, Association of Business Trial Lawyers
• Member, Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
• Member, Attorney Admissions Fund Board for the United States District Court Central District of California