O'Hara, Allie

Allie O'Hara

Associate

She/Her/Hers

allie.o'hara@lw.com
    O'Hara, Allie

    Allie O'Hara

    Associate

    allie.o'hara@lw.com

    Profile

    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.

    Experience

    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

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • California

    Education

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

    Languages Spoken

    • English

    Practices

    Industries

    Recognition

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    News & Insights

    Courtroom
    March 7, 2024 In the News

    Latham Passes Skadden as Busiest Securities Defense Firm

    Despite a downward trend in securities case filings over the past three years, Latham & Watkins LLP has remained one of the most active law firms on the defense side, taking over the top spot from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, according to reports released by Lex Machina.
    The Statue of Justice - lady justice or Iustitia / Justitia the Roman goddess of Justice
    February 17, 2022 Our Work

    Top Verdicts: Hussein v. Razin et al.

    The Latham team, led by defense attorneys Michele D. Johnson and Peter A. Wald, secured a winning jury verdict in July for NextGen Healthcare in what they call a “unique and groundbreaking case.”