TANYA GREENE
Partner
McGuireWoods LLP
McGuireWoods partner Tanya Greene is a respected litigator, an innovative diversity and pro bono champion and an influential mentor. She works on high-profile, complex litigation for some of the most prominent corporations in the world and manages consumer class actions and complex multi-plaintiff litigation in heavily regulated industries, including finance, technology, aerospace and petroleum. She has led successful legal challenges for homeless and displaced Los Angeles residents. She has also dedicated herself to recruiting and mentoring the next generation of women and minority lawyers.
Greene’s achievements include a string of extraordinary successes defending Costa Mesa-based fashion and footwear maker Vans and its iconic “OLD SKOOL” trademark from infringement. In April 2022 she represented Vans in a trademark and trade dress infringement and unfair competition lawsuit against Walmart which granted Vans’ motion for a preliminary injunction requiring Walmart to remove millions of infringing shoes from its shelves.