Giugi Carminati is a senior litigation attorney with more than 16 years of experience handling complex commercial litigation, contract disputes, and actions in federal and state courts. She has a deep background in large-scale discovery (more than five million documents), trial preparation, and litigation strategy, including first and second-chair federal trial experience.
- Direct litigation strategy and operations for a high-volume, high-stakes civil litigation portfolio, including employment, civil rights, and complex commercial matters.
- Oversaw more than 100 active matters, coordinating case strategy, discovery, expert management, and trial readiness.
- Led all aspects of eDiscovery and data-risk containment, including defensibility, vendor selection, and cost control.
- Managed and evaluated outside counsel and vendors and controlled litigation budgets and performance metrics.
- Advised firm leadership on litigation posture, risk mitigation, and case selection.
- Founded and led a litigation practice handling complex family, employment, and civil rights matters in state and federal courts.
Admissions
- California
- Colorado
- District of Columbia
- New York
- Oregon
- Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Education
- J.S.D., Space Law, University of Nebraska College of Law,
- L.L.M., Space, Cyber & Telecommunications Law, University of Nebraska College of Law
- J.D., magna cum laude, University of Houston Law Center
- B.A., summa cum laude, History & Political Science, University of Houston
- B.A., Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder
- Minor in Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology