Top Women Lawyers
May 11, 2011
Carla J. Christofferson
O'Melveny & Myers LLP Location: Los Angeles Practice type: Litigation Practice specialty: Civil commercial
While preparing Exxon Mobil Corp. for trial last year in a contract dispute stemming from the 1989 Alaska oil spill, Christofferson had a Perry Mason moment.
Working on a hunch, she called in a document expert who confirmed her suspicions: Phone records presented during a deposition taken with the president of a seafood processing company had been altered. She confronted the defendant at trial, and he admitted it.
"I took their arguments on ...
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