Allie O’Hara advises public and private companies and their officers and directors in all aspects of litigation, including major motion practice, fact and expert discovery, trials, and appeals.

Allie primarily represents clients in the technology, media, and healthcare and life sciences industries in connection with:

  • Securities class actions
  • M&A litigation
  • Shareholder derivative litigation
  • State fraud claims
  • Other complex, high-exposure litigation

Allie also maintains an active pro bono practice focused on impact litigation and appellate advocacy for survivors of domestic violence. She has served on the firm’s Recruiting and Pro Bono Committees, and was the Global Chair of the Hispanic and Latin American Lawyers Group.

Allie’s experience includes:

  • Winning summary judgment for Hippo Holdings Inc. in a founder’s dispute action alleging state-court breach-of-contract, breach-of-fiduciary-duty, California securities-law, and conversion claims
  • Winning motion to dismiss securities class action claims alleging Beyond Meat and its executives misled investors about the company’s ability to scale innovative plant-based meat products for quick-service restaurants
  • Defeating motion to expedite and securing first-round dismissal of Section 14(a) claims against LENSAR and certain of its officers and directors
  • Securing first-round dismissal of a securities class action against Desktop Metal and its officers arising out of its merger with EnvisionTEC
  • Defeating motion for preliminary injunction seeking to block US$1.4 billion acquisition of REIT Hersha Hospitality Trust by KSL Capital Partners
  • Securing a complete defense jury verdict for NextGen Healthcare, Inc. in the first holder’s claim case to go to trial in California in nearly 90 years
  • Achieving dismissal of the vast majority of securities class action claims against Obalon Therapeutics and its officers and directors, leading to an early and highly favorable settlement
  • Defeating more than 95% of plaintiffs’ claimed damages against Puma Biotechnology in a rare Section 10(b) securities class action to go to jury verdict 
  • Arguing before the California Court of Appeal and securing an order remanding the case to trial court with instructions to issue her client a restraining order
  • Reaching settlement to secure funding for Orange County’s homeless population 
  • Advising public companies in connection with financing and strategic transactions

Bar Qualification

  • California

Education

  • JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 2017
  • BA, University of California, Irvine, 2013
    cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Languages Spoken

  • English