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Jennafer M. Tryck

Jennafer
Tryck

Associate Attorney

CONTACT INFO

jtryck@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 949.451.4089

FAX:+1 949.475.4789

Orange County

3161 Michelson Drive, Irvine, CA 92612-4412 USA

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PRACTICE

Litigation Class Actions Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Labor and Employment

BIOGRAPHY

Jennafer Tryck is a senior litigation associate in the Orange County office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She represents clients at the federal and state trial and appellate court levels, as well as in arbitration, with a particular focus on class actions, ERISA, and intellectual property disputes. Ms. Tryck was recently recognized as “One to Watch” by Best Lawyers in America (2021 ed.).

Selected engagements include:

  • Represent Ford Motor Company in numerous ERISA and employment disputes.
  • Defend Allergan plc. in multiple patent licensing disputes, including securing favorable settlement in case asserting various contract and tort claims.
  • Defend the University of Southern California in an ERISA class action concerning management of USC’s retirement plans.
  • Represent Rimini Street, Inc. in multiple high-stakes copyright infringement suits brought by Oracle, Inc. concerning Rimini’s ERP software support processes.
  • Obtained early, favorable settlement for Atkins in putative consumer class action alleging unfair competition, mislabeling, and other tort claims.
  • Secured a favorable settlement for Nike in a suit brought against Adidas and three former Nike footwear designers alleging misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of contract.

Ms. Tryck also has an active pro bono practice. Representative matters include:

  • East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, et al. v. Barr: Drafted amicus brief on behalf of Kids In Need of Defense in support of a successful effort to enjoin regulations that limited asylum access for immigrant children.
  • Celia S. v. Hugo H.: Secured complete reversal of an adverse child custody ruling in a published opinion. (Ms. Tryck presented oral argument to the California Court of Appeal.)
  • G.C. v. S.C.: Obtained affirmance of a custody award for the father of a young child with learning disabilities. (Ms. Tryck presented oral argument to the California Court of Appeal.)

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ms. Tryck served as a law clerk to Chief Justice Dana Fabe of the Alaska Supreme Court and as an extern to Judge John W. Sedwick of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Ms. Tryck received her law degree from the University of California, Irvine where she graduated cum laude. Ms. Tryck also holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.

Ms. Tryck is a member of the California and Alaska bars and is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

 

EDUCATION

University of California - Irvine - 2012 Juris Doctor

University of Southern California - 2008 Master Public Administration

Georgetown University - 2001 Bachelor of Science

ADMISSIONS

California Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Client Alert - February 11, 2021 | 2020 Year-End ERISA Disputes Update
Client Alert - June 2, 2020 | Supreme Court Holds That ERISA Defined-Benefit Pension Plan Participants Do Not Have Article III Standing To Sue For Fiduciary Breach
Client Alert - April 6, 2020 | California Supreme Court Confirms That the Hague Service Convention Does Not Preempt Right of Parties to Contract for Their Preferred Method of Service
Client Alert - February 27, 2020 | Supreme Court Holds That Unread ERISA Plan Disclosures Do Not Give Participants Actual Knowledge Of The Information Disclosed
Client Alert - November 27, 2019 | California Supreme Court 2019 Round-Up
Client Alert - February 2, 2019 | California Supreme Court Winter 2019 Round-Up
Publications - February 1, 2019 | The Latest On Defending ERISA Fiduciary Breach Claims
Publications - January 18, 2019 | Fourth Quarter 2018 Update on Class Actions
Client Alert - May 31, 2018 | California Supreme Court Spring 2018 Round-Up
Client Alert - January 31, 2018 | Fourth Quarter 2017 Update on Class Actions
Client Alert - September 28, 2017 | California Supreme Court Fall 2017 Round-Up
Client Alert - November 21, 2016 | California Supreme Court Fall 2016 Round-Up
Client Alert - April 28, 2016 | California Supreme Court Spring 2016 Round-Up
Client Alert - February 1, 2016 | 2015 Year-End Update on Class Actions
Article - January 20, 2016 | Why Calif. Courts Won’t Certify Toxic Tort Class Actions
Client Alert - January 19, 2016 | 2015 Year-End FDA and Health Care Compliance and Enforcement Update – Drugs and Devices
Client Alert - September 8, 2015 | California Supreme Court Mid-Year Round-Up (September 2015)
Client Alert - January 8, 2014 | 2013 Year-End False Claims Act Update
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