Prior to joining Sanders Roberts in 2022, Ms. Nojima was a partner for over 15 years at international law firm Alston & Bird LLP. While at Alston & Bird she maintained a national litigation practice and handled complex federal and state antitrust, entertainment, trade secret, products liability, privacy, toxic tort, false advertising, and consumer class action matters. She also provided strategic counseling to a broad range of clients, from startups to Fortune 500 companies, in privacy and data security and to FDA-regulated entities for products regulated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA). She also regularly counsels her clients on litigation avoidance strategies and risk analysis and mitigation measures. She has held leadership roles in several trial teams for bet-the-company antitrust, consumer litigation and mass tort matters.

She has advised companies in the Ad Tech, Media, Hospitality, and Consumer Product industries on global privacy and data security laws, regulations, and industry guidelines, including GDPR and CPRA/CCPA, COPPA, HIPAA, IoT, NAI and DAA guidelines, data privacy notices and policies, mobile applications and websites, big data, and cross-border transfers. In addition, she has overseen comprehensive data breach investigations involving cross-functional international response teams and had leadership roles in resulting state and federal litigation.

Her representative entertainment matters include: prosecuting copyright claims and computer fraud and abuse act claims on behalf of an independent film studio, where she successfully obtained a preliminary injunction ordering the bad actor to return her clients’ assets; prosecuting copyright infringement and contractual interference claims on behalf of a major motion picture studio against another major motion picture studio over a big-budget superhero film where she successfully obtained summary judgment on behalf of her client; defense of a major motion picture studio against writing services, graphic design services, copyright infringement, soundtrack royalties, merchandising, and pay television distribution claims over the “Chipmunks” property where she obtained summary judgment on behalf of her client and defeated a cross-motion for summary judgment; defense of a major media and entertainment company against antitrust claims related to MLB and NHL sports package offerings where she defeated efforts to certify a $3.2 billion damages class after a week-long class certification hearing; defense of the NFL in antitrust proceedings brought by the Raiders over control of the Los Angeles market; and defense of a major media and entertainment company in arbitration proceedings over claimed violations of a television rights agreement.

Ms. Nojima also has significant experience defending nationwide federal multidistrict and California coordinated proceedings and has particular experience defending claims brought under California’s Unfair Competition Law and consumer protection statutes. She obtained a defense verdict on behalf of her manufacturing client, after a two-week trial on Proposition 65 claims relating to plumbing parts, which was affirmed on appeal in As You Sow v. Conbraco Industries, et al., 135 Cal.App.4 th 431 (2005). She has also successfully defeated attempts to certify nationwide damages classes in several consumer class action matters. She regularly maintains lead roles in strategy, development, client relations, and case management and has substantial experience supervising multiple internal and external teams of lawyers and staff.