Dana B. Finkey

Dana Finkey is an associate in the Business Trial Practice Group in the firm's Los Angeles Office.

Areas of Practice

Ms. Finkey has handled a wide variety of commercial litigation matters in state and federal courts, including matters involving breach of contract claims, allegations of unfair business practices, fraud and other business torts. She has also handled real estate disputes, securities litigation and trademark infringement cases.

She has spent considerable time preparing and opposing motions and ex parte applications, negotiating settlements, conducting and responding to discovery, and preparing for arbitration, mediation and trial. 

Mrs. Finkey has experience in mediation and arbitration before the American Arbitration Association and JAMS/Endispute.  Just recently, Ms. Finkey was part of a team that helped secure a $5 million arbitration award for a client in a major breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and fraud case.

Education

• J.D., University of California, Hastings, 2007
• Articles and Notes Editor, Hastings International and Comparative Law Journal
• B.A., University of California at Los Angeles, 2003, Magna Cum Laude

Clerkships

• Extern to the Honorable Martin J. Jenkins of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, fall 2006
• Extern to the Honorable Ksenia Tsenin of the Superior Court of California, summer 2005

Admissions

• California
• All California State Courts
• U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Articles

The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Childhood Abduction: Where Are We, and Where Do We Go From Here? 30 Hastings International and Comparative Law 505 (Spring 2007)

Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Securities Fraud Complaint Where Alleged Misrepresentations and Omissions in Tender Offer Documents Were Immaterial, Sheppard Mullin’s Corporate Securities & Law Blog, Spring 2009