Ms. Bender has experience in all aspects of business and commercial litigation for domestic and foreign clients. She serves as principal counsel in California to FUJIFILM North America Corporation and its subsidiaries in general commercial litigation matters as well as employment matters, including wrongful termination and discrimination actions. Ms. Bender has also represented a variety of banking and other business clients in both commercial litigation and employment matters: contract claims: business-tort actions: real-estate litigation: partnership disputes, unfair-competition actions, and class-action lawsuits, including WARN Act actions. Ms. Bender is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and received her J.D. from UCLA. Ms. Bender is admitted to practice in California and is a resident in our Los Angeles office.