Andra Barmash Greene is the Managing Partner of Irell & Manella's Newport Beach office and a member of the firm's Executive Committee.

Ms. Greene is a litigation partner who specializes in complex business and intellectual property litigation. Ms. Greene's extensive trial and appellate experience in state and federal courts has included cases involving high-technology issues, patent infringement, copyright, trademark, IP license agreements, theft of trade secrets, professional negligence, First Amendment, business torts, real estate, lender liability, employment, wage and hour, executive compensation, class actions, environmental issues, securities litigation, insurance coverage, and white-collar criminal claims. She has substantial experience litigating cases under California's anti-SLAPP statute. Ms. Greene frequently represents other lawyers and major law firms when they need counsel.

Ms. Greene is listed in the 2007-2010 editions of The Best Lawyers in America for commercial litigation, the 2009-10 editions for intellectual property litigation and the 2010 edition for "Bet the Company" litigation. In 2004-2010, Ms. Greene was named to the Southern California "Super Lawyers" list by Los Angeles Magazine; only five percent of the lawyers in the country earn this honor. In 2006-2009, she was selected as one of the “Top 50 Lawyers in Orange County” by Los Angeles Magazine. In 2006-2008, she was also selected as one of the "Top 50 Women Lawyers” in Southern California by Los Angeles Magazine. In 2008, the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals named Ms. Greene one of the "Top Women Litigators" in California. Most recently, Ms. Greene has also been named in the Los Angeles Times Magazine's 2009 edition as one of Southern California's Best Lawyers for her work in Commercial Litigation.

Ms. Greene was featured in the March 2006 issue of OC Metro as one of "Ten Women of Power" in Orange County. In 2007, Orange Coast Magazine listed Ms. Greene as one of the top lawyers in Orange County. 

Following law school, Ms. Greene was a judicial clerk for the Honorable Catherine B. Kelly of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Representative Matters

• Co-trial counsel in successful defense of Western Digital Corporation in a $200 million breach of contract and warranty action named by the National Law Journal as one of the Top 15 Defense Verdicts of the Year.
• Won summary judgment for a leading international law firm against plaintiffs who claimed that firm's alleged professional negligence resulted in $20 million in damages. The Court of Appeal affirmed the decision.
  
• Successfully represented homeless residents (pro bono) against the City of Laguna Beach in a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging that the City's anti-camping ordinance was unconstitutional because it essentially criminalized homelessness. Soon after the lawsuit was filed, the City repealed the ordinance.
  
• Won summary judgments for Skylink Technologies, Inc. in parallel Federal District Court and International Trade Commission proceedings in case involving novel interpretation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The Chamberlain Group, Inc. v. Skylink Technologies, Inc., 292 F. Supp. 2d 1040 (N.D. Ill. 2003); In the Matter of Certain Universal Transmitters for Garage Door Openers (2003 WL 22811119 U.S.I.T.C. 2003). In a landmark decision under the DMCA, the Federal Circuit affirmed the District Court's ruling. 381 F.3d 1178 (Fed. Cir. 2004).
• Won complete defense victory following a five day arbitration in which a terminated distributor brought breach of contract and tort claims against a medical device manufacturer, alleging millions of dollars in damages.
• Obtained dismissal of class and PAGA claims in putative wage and hour class action. On the eve of trial, the plaintiff dismissed his remaining individual claims with prejudice.
• Successfully represented international fast food chain in defense of class and unfair competition claims on behalf of consumers alleging false advertising in description of food's nutritional value. The court entered judgment in favor of the Firm's client after granting motion to dismiss.
• Won summary judgment for national restaurant chain on insurance coverage claim where carrier had wrongfully denied coverage.
• Successfully represented client in obtaining dismissal of class claims in a putative wage and hour class action.
  
• Successfully petitioned the Ninth Circuit to review a decision of the District Court certifying a state law wage and hour class under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23.
• Successfully defended pension fund advisor against $64 million lender liability claim and obtained $8.7 million judgment on client's behalf and an award of $710,000 in attorneys' fees, the full amount of attorneys' fees requested.
• Successfully represented client in Lowe Enterprises Residential Partners, L.P. v. Eighth Judicial District Court, 40 P.3d 405 (Nev. 2002), a case of first impression in which the Nevada Supreme Court en banc recognized validity of contractual jury waivers in commercial agreements.
• After successful trial on issue of debtor's claim of impossibility of repatriation and turnover of assets held in debtor's offshore asset protection trust, obtained order that claimed $30 million asset be turned over to Ms. Greene's client. This order was ratified by the Nevada Supreme Court, and the asset was in fact turned over.
• Obtained dismissal under anti-SLAPP statute of business tort action where plaintiffs sought $200 million in damages, and Ms. Greene's clients received an award of $275,000 in attorneys' fees and costs.
• Successfully represented plaintiff in appeal of dismissal of its case under California's anti-SLAPP statute and, upon remand, obtained award of attorneys' fees.

Professional Activities

• In addition to her work at the firm, Ms. Greene is involved in numerous professional activities. Ms. Greene is a past president of the Federal Bar Association/Orange County Chapter. She was a lawyer representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference and served as the co-chair of the Central District of California lawyer representatives for 2007-2008. She served on the Council of the ABA's Section of Litigation, the governing body of the ABA's largest Section, from 2001-2004. She currently serves on the ABA Section of Litigation's Federal Practice Task Force and has served on the Civil Trial Practice Standards Task Force and Raise the Bar Task Force. She is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education programs, such as the ABA's "How to Win a Business Jury Trial," the ABA's "Jury Comprehension," the ABA's "Litigating Preliminary Injunctions: Sudden Justice on a Half-Baked Record," ALI–ABA's "21st Century Litigation," and the Rutter Group's "Professional Malpractice." She served as a panel member and moderator in the ABA videotape program "Winning Without Losing Your Professionalism" and as a panel member in the ABA videotape program "Preparing Witnesses."
• An authority on the subject of women in the legal profession and gender issues, Ms. Greene has authored an array of publications and has spoken on these topics extensively. She co-edited the book "The Woman Advocate," published by the ABA, for which she contributed a chapter entitled, "The Litigating Mom." From 1998 through 2000, Ms. Greene served as co-chair of the Woman Advocate Committee of the ABA's Section of Litigation.
• Ms. Greene is active in the community. She received the 1998 Wiley Manuel Award for pro bono service from the State of California. She was formerly a member of the board of directors of the Public Law Center. Ms. Greene has served as the head attorney-coach of the Santa Margarita Catholic High School's Mock Trial Team. She currently serves on the board of trustees for The Pegasus School (and heads the Development Committee) and on the board of directors of University Synagogue.
• Ms. Greene has co-authored numerous articles, including "Open Sesame – Court's Decision on Garage Door Openers Shows Limits of Copyright Act" (Los Angeles Daily Journal, December 30, 2003), "Dealing with California's Anti-SLAPP Law" (ABTL Report, 2001), "Can Local Court Rules Rescue Civility? New Rules Address Professionalism in Depositions," in the Spring 1997 issue of California Litigation, and "Balancing Motherhood and the Practice of Law," in the National Law Journal.

Bar & Court Admissions

• 1981, District of Columbia; 1986, California (all state and federal courts)
• U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court