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Geena Lee Roberts

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Associate | She/Her/Hers
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Areas of Focus

Overview

Geena’s practice focuses on complex and high-risk antitrust and commercial litigation disputes and government-facing investigations. She approaches her work with a distinct service-minded approach, working meticulously to align legal strategy with her client’s immediate and long-term business objectives. In addition to her legal work, she is a frequent contributor to the firm’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) blog, which tracks FTC proposed rulemakings, orders, lawsuits, and other actions that impact corporations.

Previously, Geena externed for District Court Judge John A. Kronstadt (C.D. Cal.) and Bankruptcy Court Judge Mark D. Houle (C.D. Cal.). She also externed with the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. Geena earned her J.D. from UCLA Law, where she was vice president of the Student Bar Association. She was also the managing editor of the Dukeminier Awards Journal of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law and authored complex legal problems for the Moot Court Honors Program.

Before her legal career, Geena was a fellow with California’s Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency. In this role, she played a pivotal part in the development of California’s $5.2 billion COVID-19 Rent Relief Program, gaining invaluable insights into governmental operations and policy implementation.

Career & Education

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    • U.S. District Court in the Central District of California
      Judicial Extern, Honorable John A. Kronstadt, 2024
    • Federal Trade Commission
      Legal Extern, Bureau of Consumer Protection, 2023
    • U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California
      Judicial Extern, Honorable Mark D. Houle, 2022
    • California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency
      Fellow, 2020–2021
    • U.S. District Court in the Central District of California
      Judicial Extern, Honorable John A. Kronstadt, 2024
    • Federal Trade Commission
      Legal Extern, Bureau of Consumer Protection, 2023
    • U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California
      Judicial Extern, Honorable Mark D. Houle, 2022
    • California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency
      Fellow, 2020–2021

    • University of California, Los Angeles, J.D., 2024
      managing editor, Dukeminier Awards Journal of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law
    • University of California, San Diego, B.A., cum laude, 2020
    • University of California, Los Angeles, J.D., 2024
      managing editor, Dukeminier Awards Journal of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law
    • University of California, San Diego, B.A., cum laude, 2020

    • California
    • California

Geena's Insights

Client Alert | 4 min read | 03.21.25

Trump Fires the FTC’s Two Democratic Commissioners

On March 18, President Trump fired the Federal Trade Commission’s two Democratic Commissioners, Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter. The move represents the latest effort by the Trump administration to exert greater control over executive-branch agencies, including bi-partisan independent agencies like the FTC....

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Geena's Insights

Client Alert | 4 min read | 03.21.25

Trump Fires the FTC’s Two Democratic Commissioners

On March 18, President Trump fired the Federal Trade Commission’s two Democratic Commissioners, Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter. The move represents the latest effort by the Trump administration to exert greater control over executive-branch agencies, including bi-partisan independent agencies like the FTC....

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