In 2018, Jennifer won a jury verdict for MassMutual Life Insurance Co. in a bellwether class action jury trial in Los Angeles. The class claimed it had been unfairly deprived of dividends. The jury found it had not, which led to the collapse of a nationwide class. The trial was covered live on CVN, which named it one of the Top Defense Verdicts of the year, as did the Daily Journal.
[Bonk: "Chavez v. Mass Mutual Life Insurance"]
Case Number - BC435321
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of California, Los Angeles
COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION FIVE
Jennifer defended Standard & Poors in United States v. McGraw-Hill Companies, in the government’s lawsuit alleging that S&P inflated the ratings of certain mortgage-backed securities. After years of hard-fought litigation, the case settled for $1 billion — less than one-fifth of what the government had initially demanded.