Stephanie Elder is a litigation associate in the firm’s Los Angeles office. She focuses her practice on complex commercial disputes, business litigation matters, and labor & employment litigation. Stephanie has successfully represented high-profile clients and examined key fact witnesses at trial; defended depositions of fact and expert witnesses; briefed and prepared arguments in connection with a variety of motions and trial briefs; and prepared fact and expert witnesses for trial. Stephanie has experience in antitrust, commercial contracts, franchise law, labor and employment, and fraud matters. Recently, Stephanie successfully third-chaired a trial where beneficiaries of a trust sought more than $200 million in damages from her client, a law firm, for purported misconduct, fraud, and civil RICO violations.
Her past experience includes representing a large oil company in a complex mass action regarding wholesale gasoline pricing and various retail franchise practices and counseling companies regarding claims arising from the U.S. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, and California's Proposition 65. Prior to joining Allen Matkins, Stephanie was a litigation associate in the Los Angeles offices of Greenberg Gross LLP and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP.
