Business Journal Names Mariah Brandt, JiJi Park “Most Influential Women Lawyers” in LA

Los Angeles Business Journal publisher Anna Magzanyan said a select committee choose this year’s honorees based on exceptional legal skill and achievement, exemplary leadership and contributions to the Los Angeles community at large.

An experienced civil litigator and trial lawyer, Brandt resolves complex business disputes and class actions, securing victories through trial, arbitration and negotiation. She focuses on business litigation, including intellectual property, contract, policyholder insurance coverage and consumer privacy and fraud cases. Her clients span the entertainment, restaurant, banking, health care and technology industries.

The Business Journal notes that Brandt recently represented Fluidmaster in prosecuting an insurance coverage case against seven of its insurers to obtain coverage for seven product liability class actions. She reached favorable settlements with six of those insurers, recovering more than $30 million for Fluidmaster. In addition, she represented cloud services company j2 in two nationwide class actions involving torts and statutory claims arising out of j2’s charging of late fees on its voice service products.

The Business Journal reports that Park is the co-leader of Pillsbury’s Fintech, Payments & Blockchain focus team and Unclaimed Property team. She focuses on regulatory matters and corporate transactions for clients in the financial services and retail sectors. She advises financial institutions, money services businesses, retail corporations, payment processors, online marketplaces and internet escrow companies on federal and state laws, including money services licensing, payment processing, electronic funds transfers, unclaimed property, anti-money laundering and privacy laws. She has extensive experience in issues involving digital and virtual currencies, prepaid cards, closed- and open-loop programs, e-wallets, mobile payments, and loyalty and promotional programs.

Recently, Park served as regulatory counsel to a global fintech leader in a $3.5 billion acquisition, advising the company  in multistate financial services and gaming licensing change-of-control requirements. She also advocated for a leading fintech company before the Michigan Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee in support of legislation that would exclude the issuance, sale or distribution of certain closed-loop prepaid access cards from licensing requirements.