Julia Stepanova

Complex Commercial Litigation

• Represented a major medical device company in litigation under the False Claims Act
• Representing one of the largest supermarket chains in the county in the opioid MDL
• Representing manufacturers of major pharmaceutical, medical device, consumer health and beauty products in a variety of high stakes litigations, most recently securing a dismissal of a putative national class action alleging sunscreen adulteration
•  Defending several top multinational retailers throughout the country in product liability litigations involving talcum powder and ranitidine-related claims
• Represented a third-party payment processor in a lawsuit filed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts related to the participation in a debt settlement program

Intellectual Property

• Represented the organizer of the World Chess Championship seeking a preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order for a live broadcast event

• Represented an internet and cable service provider in Lanham Act litigation against its primary competitor

White Collar Defense and Internal Investigations

• Represented a former top executive of a multinational retail corporation accused of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act through operations in Latin America

• Represented an international not-for-profit organization in connection with an investigation, as a result of whistleblower allegations of money laundering and embezzlement

Art Law

• Represented a foreign government in a high-profile cross-border breach of contract dispute involving a world-renowned Picasso sculpture, culminating in settlement

• Represented a prominent art dealer in international dispute over one of the world's rarest diamonds

Pro Bono

• Represented Russian Olympic doping whistleblower in a libel lawsuit and anti-SLAPP countersuit

• Successfully obtained a rare "prosecutorial discretion" decision terminating deportation proceedings

• Represented a death row inmate in Alabama in post-conviction review proceedings