Lisa Chen is an associate who handles complex commercial litigation matters. Prior to joining Hueston Hennigan, Ms. Chen was a law clerk to the Hon. Eunice C. Lee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Hon. Pamela K. Chen of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She also worked as a litigation associate at Keker, Van Nest & Peters.
During law school, Ms. Chen earned the C. LaRue Munson Prize, which is awarded for excellence in a law school clinical program. She served as a clinic student director and a member of the Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic, where she worked on litigation aimed at protecting the U.S. Census Bureau’s funds and programs for counting traditionally undercounted minorities during the 2020 Census. She was also lead editor and production editor of the Yale Law & Policy Review, and served as an intern in the Special Litigation Unit at the New York Legal Assistance Group.
Ms. Chen speaks conversational Mandarin Chinese.
*Ms. Chen is not yet admitted to practice in New York.
Experience
Successfully defended Amazon.com and three Amazon executives against a historic FTC lawsuit targeting its Prime membership. Described as “a win for Amazon,” the case settled after three days of trial with no admissions of liability. (See “Why Amazon actually got off easy despite ‘historic’ $2.5 billion Prime deceptive practices settlement,” Fortune; “Why $2.5B Might Not Be Enough In FTC’s Amazon Settlement,” Law360).
Representing FAT Brands in parallel criminal and SEC cases involving violations of securities laws.
Defending Novartis International in a lawsuit brought by Richmond Global Compass Fund Management and related entities alleging trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, and aiding and abetting breaches of fiduciary duty in connection with the formation of a hedge fund.
Representing Amazon in its claims against Perplexity under the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and its California analogue.