McDermott Partner Appointed to the Board of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (July 7, 2008) — McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce that Jill Basinger, partner in the Firm's Trial Department based in Los Angeles, has been appointed to the Board of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles (WLALA) and selected as the Litigation Section Co-Chair.
The Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles is dedicated to promoting the full participation of women lawyers and judges in the legal profession, maintaining the integrity of our legal system by advocating principles of fairness and equality and improving the status of women in our society. For more information visit www.wlala.org.
As a member of the Trial Department, Ms. Basinger focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, employment litigation and intellectual property. As an active trial lawyer, Ms. Basinger has successfully tried cases involving wrongful termination, fraud, breach of contract, defamation, invasion of privacy, and other disputes. She is co-author of "The USA Patriot Act" in TerraLex, and co-author of "Pretrial Motions" in Defending Diversity: Cultural Issues in Criminal Defense.
McDermott's Trial Department provides clients with trial skills and experience which can be effectively used in the many areas of law and business where disputes arise. We are regularly engaged in all aspects of civil, regulatory and white-collar criminal defense litigation in U.S. and international forums. Our goal is to efficiently resolve disputes to the satisfaction of clients, whether by trials, alternative dispute resolution or favorable settlements.
