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Pamela M. Parker received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and French, with a concentration in International Politics, from the State University of New York at Binghamton, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Ms. Parker received a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School, cum laude, in 1982. While at Harvard, Ms. Parker was an Articles Editor of the Civil Rights/Civil Liberties Law Review. After graduation, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Frank J. Battisti, Chief Judge of the United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Upon leaving the clerkship, Ms. Parker worked as an associate with the New York firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. In 1988, Ms. Parker became associated with the New York firm of Lankenau, Kovner & Bickford, concentrating her practice in representation of publications, libel defense and First Amendment law.
For 13 years, Ms. Parker's practice has included appellate matters and environmental, consumer fraud and securities fraud litigation. Ms. Parker participated in the successful prosecution of several important actions, including: In re The Exxon Valdez, No. A89-095 (D. Alaska), in which she served as a member of the trial support team, and which resulted in a $5 billion jury verdict; Pinney v. Great Western Bank, No. CV-95-2100-I(RNBx) (C.D. Cal.), in which she served as one of the principal attorneys for plaintiffs and which resulted in a settlement of $17.2 million; and Does I v. The Gap, Inc., No. 01 0031 (D. N. Mariana Islands), in which she was the lead prosecuting attorney and which resulted in a $20 million settlement, including a precedent-setting Monitoring Program to monitor labor and human rights practices in Saipan garment factories. In July 2003, Ms. Parker was named Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice in recognition of her work in the Northern Mariana Island case.
Ms. Parker is a member of the Appellate Practice Group of Coughlin Stoia. She has worked on a variety of appellate matters before numerous courts, including the United States Courts of Appeal for the Fifth, Sixth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits, and the appellate courts of California, Alabama, Ohio and Tennessee. She is a Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference.
Ms. Parker is admitted to practice in California and New York. She has been an active member of the Federal Bar Association, the San Diego County Bar Association and the Lawyers Club of San Diego, and also holds memberships with the American Bar Association and California Women Lawyers. She sits on the Board of Directors for the Legal Aid Society of San Diego.
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