Christine Byrd has been named one of California's Top Women Litigators by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals. The full list of honorees was published in a special supplement to the May issues of both publications.
The Daily Journals selected California's Top Women Litigators based on a number of criteria, including nominations from lawyers throughout the state, a review of the nominee's work throughout the last year, demonstrated leadership within their firm, involvement in the legal community, endorsements from their peers and overall career accomplishments.
Mrs. Byrd has been involved in numerous precedent-setting cases, including TiVo Inc. v. EchoStar Communications Corp. and Immersion Corp. v. Sony Computer Entertainment. Her recent victory in the TiVo Inc. case was one of the most closely watched intellectual property contests in the entertainment industry. Mrs. Byrd helped secure a $74 million verdict on behalf of TiVo Inc., the pioneer of video recorders, for patent infringement of DVR technology. The award now stands at $94 million with interest and supplemental damages, and the verdict has been identified as a “Top 100 of 2006” by VerdictSearch.
In addition to the two huge trials for TiVo and Immersion, Mrs. Byrd served as arbitrator in six lengthy arbitration hearings and successfully defended an executive of a non-profit corporation against claims of accounting irregularities, resulting in a decision by the prosecutor not to bring any charges. She has spoken at many seminars and conferences, as well as published an article on the application of Federal Rule of Evidence 703 to the market and industry data necessary for proof of patent infringement damages. Her 30-year career also includes a five-year stint as a criminal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles, where she honed her trial skills.
In recognition of her achievements, Mrs. Byrd was elected a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2004. With membership limited to one percent of a state’s total lawyer population, Mrs. Byrd is one of only 20 women litigators from California included among the 466 Fellows chosen from the state. Her active practice as a neutral has earned her numerous accolades, including an invitation in 2004 to join the College of Commercial Arbitrators, a group of less than 130 ADR specialists nationwide.
Mrs. Byrd has also been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for 2007-2008 in the specialty area of alternative dispute resolution, and is listed in Los Angeles Magazine's Southern California Super Lawyers of 2007, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in American Women and Who’s Who in the World.
