Alicia Jovais is a litigation associate in the San Francisco office of Latham & Watkins.
Ms. Jovais represents public and private companies in antitrust, complex commercial, and class action litigation across a range of industries including financial services, entertainment, automotive, real estate, and retail and consumer. She has led the drafting of numerous dispositive motions, managed all aspects of fact and expert discovery, and regularly counsels clients on case strategy. Ms. Jovais has represented clients at evidentiary and motion hearings and has substantial experience taking and defending depositions. In addition, she has significant trial experience, including conducting witness examinations and preparing experts for deposition and trial testimony.
Ms. Jovais maintains an active pro bono practice, focused on representing clients in asylum proceedings.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Jovais served as a law clerk to Judge Mary M. Schroeder of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
During law school, Ms. Jovais served as a judicial extern to Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero of the Northern District of California and as a law clerk in the Civil Division of the United States Attorney’s Office in San Francisco. She was also a senior editor of the Hastings Law Journal and a member of the Hastings Moot Court Board.
Ms. Jovais’s experience includes representing:
The Latham team representing BMW won Litigation of the Year – Cartel Defence for securing a dismissal with prejudice from Judge Charles Breyer of the US District Court for the Northern District of California.
Insurance litigation of national importance for policyholders was chosen as a Top Appellate Reversal for 2020.
Latham’s success leading the joint defense effort that secured the complete dismissal, with prejudice, of all claims against our client BMW and several other German automakers in the so-called “Circle of Five” emissions conspiracy litigation was chosen among the Top Defense Verdicts of 2020.