Sheridan Caldwell is an associate in the San Francisco office of Latham & Watkins.

Ms. Caldwell represents major companies in complex civil litigation and securities matters. Her experience includes consumer and IPO-related class action lawsuits raising novel claims relating to privacy, advertising, and competition.

As part of her active pro bono practice, Ms. Caldwell has represented a variety of clients, including individuals seeking asylum, veterans with disabilities, and state legislators facing challenges to redistricting efforts. Ms. Caldwell recently successfully represented a pro bono client in an appeal to the Ninth Circuit, arguing the appeal and obtaining a published decision setting new precedent for prison litigation.

After her first year at Latham, Ms. Caldwell completed a clerkship with Judge Richard C. Tallman of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Ms. Caldwell received her JD from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, where she was a notes editor for the Northwestern University Law Review and won the Lowden-Wigmore Prize for best Note published in the journal. During law school, Ms. Caldwell externed for Judge Marvin E. Aspen of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She also worked as a student attorney for the MacArthur Justice Center in the Northwestern Law Civil Rights Litigation Clinic and as a legal intern for the ACLU of Illinois.

Ms. Caldwell’s experience at Latham includes:

  • Obtaining dismissal of breach of contract claims against a major technology company in a consolidated class action filed by advertisers asserting unfair competition and fraud claims. The Ninth Circuit granted a Rule 23(f) petition to appeal the class certification order; appeal is currently pending.
  • Successfully defending social media company against California Unfair Competition Law, contract, and negligence claims arising from a data breach.
  • Achieving dismissal for voice recognition software company on novel privacy claims under the California Information Privacy Act (“CIPA”) regarding the fraud detection software that they offer customers.
  • Obtaining dismissal of complex privacy dispute involving wiretapping and eavesdropping claims against major technology company, after court granted motion to dismiss from the bench.
  • Achieving dismissal for a pharmaceutical discount provider in a proposed securities class action related to statements made in their initial public offering.
  • Defending against securities fraud claims stemming from whistleblower report regarding security deficiencies and securing dismissal of all claims; second motion to dismiss currently pending.
  • Currently defending a leading Korean app provider in a putative privacy class action alleging claims under CIPA, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, the Wiretap Act, and the California Constitution, as well as other common law claims.

Bar Qualification

  • California

Education

  • JD, Northwestern University School of Law, 2018
    cum laude
  • BS in Psychology, University of Florida, 2014

Languages Spoken

  • English