Overview
Krista A. Reed focuses her practice on complex civil litigation and knowledge management for Fortune 100 companies facing mass tort and product liability litigation.
Krista earned a post-graduate public interest fellowship during which she worked on water quality issues for NY/NJ Baykeeper and Hackensack Riverkeeper. Her work focused on governmental and private corporate compliance with federal and state water quality regulations. In addition to her law degree, Krista received a certificate of completion in environmental and natural resources law.
Results
- Represents a multinational petroleum company in a mass tort, product liability multidistrict litigation in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York and the US District Court for the District of Maryland
- Member of a defense liaison counsel team for more than 30 petroleum companies in mass tort product liability litigation
- Managed nationwide discovery and document production requests for a major Firm client as part of a national coordinating counsel team representing a Fortune 100 client in its mass tort litigation with an active docket of over 6,000 cases a yea
- Developed a production database, reducing client document production costs by approximately 20%
- Managed and supervised a team of 25 lawyers and legal assistants
- Oversaw projects to enhance knowledge of client history
- Assisted nonprofit foundation in litigation against the US Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC), leading to a settlement agreement whereby the USIBWC will implement near-term solutions to reduce cross-border wastewater flows while the US Environmental Protection Agency works on longer-term solutions
- Secured over $800,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs under the Clean Water Act to be used for future pro bono work
- Secured Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for a Honduran child with special needs, protecting him from gang violence and putting him on a path to US citizenship
- Assisted in drafting an amicus brief to the US Supreme Court on behalf of The Mattachine Society of Washington, DC
Community
- Clean Water Advocacy Center, treasurer and board of directors member, 2018-2023
Credentials
Education
University of Oregon, JD, 2009
Bennington College, BA, 2006
Admissions
New Jersey
New York
Courts / Agencies
US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
US District Court for the Southern District of New York
