Partner
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
For 18 years, Diane Cafferata has been a partner at Quinn Emanuel, the world’s largest all-business-litigation firm. She litigates complex commercial matters in federal and state courts nationally. Her clients include many Los Angeles-based companies such as Mattel, Northrup Grumman, and Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. Cafferata has represented the Rose Bowl’s Legacy Foundation pro bono for the last six years. Cafferata’s teams have brought in more than $3 billion through trials and settlements. She enjoys a general litigation practice, and has expertise in intellectual property and financial matters, and probate litigation. Cafferata co-chairs the firm’s Sexual Harassment and Employment Discrimination practice group. She also fits in smaller litigation and counseling matters. In recent years, Cafferata expanded her financial litigation practice. She represented the Lehman Brothers Estate in financial derivatives matters against JP Morgan, Citibank and Credit Suisse. Those settlements recovered billions for the Estate.
