Racial Justice Fellowship Conversation Series with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, The Policing Project and the Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic

October.22.2021

Reversing the trends of mass incarceration and ending racial injustice in the parole system. Reimagining public safety and reforming policing. Getting more diverse lawyers involved in civil rights appellate advocacy, especially in the appellate bar.

In the last conversation of this three-part series with our Racial Justice Fellows and their host organizations who are working on the front lines, partner Marc Shapiro spoke with Arthur Ago of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Barry Friedman of The Policing Project, New York University School of Law, along with Orrick Racial Justice Fellows Tiffany Wright, Rochelle Swartz and Max Carter-Oberstone, about addressing underlying causes of systemic racism in our criminal justice system and how legislative measures and impact litigation strategy can be used together to drive reforms.

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Rochelle Swartz Senior Associate, Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution, White Collar Criminal Defense

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Rochelle Swartz Senior Associate

New York

Rochelle has experience representing individuals and companies in all stages of complex litigation, from pleadings through trial, final judgment, and appeal. She practices both civil and criminal law in federal and state courts across the country.

Rochelle has particular expertise in disputes involving the government. During her tenure at Orrick, Rochelle has litigated almost a dozen Article 78 challenges in Supreme Courts around the state, including petitions raising issues of statutory and constitutional law. She has also led several of those petitions through subsequent appeals to the Appellate Division and the Court of Appeals. In addition, Rochelle has experience defending individuals in federal investigations and prosecutions involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act (CJA)

Rochelle's current engagements include representing companies in complex actions involving products liability, trademark infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, and bet-the-company contract disputes. She also manages a large docket of civil rights pro bono matters.

Marc R. Shapiro Partner, Class Action Defense, Mass Torts & Product Liability

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Marc R. Shapiro Partner

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Marc represents clients in federal and state court at the trial and appellate levels with a particular focus on class actions, multi-district litigation, and mass joinders. Among Marc’s current engagements, he represents Johns Hopkins University and Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America in over a dozen class actions arising out of a data breach of the MOVEit file transfer software; University of Washington in a pandemic-related class action seeking refunds of tuition and fees on behalf of students; ZoomInfo Technologies LLC in a data privacy class action alleging unlawful disclosure of personal information under federal and state laws; Goldman Sachs in a pay and promotion gender discrimination class action; NCAA in concussion and injury-related cases throughout the country; Marathon Oil Corporation in nationwide climate change litigation; and multiple foreign defendants in a class action arising out of allegedly defective drywall.

Recently, Marc successfully prevailed at trial before the Delaware Chancery Court and earned Litigator of the Week recognition by Law.com for defeating claims by Netflix star Julia Haart that she owns half the shares of Elite World Group; secured dismissal of a dozen class actions against the University of California and Santa Clara University brought by students seeking refunds of tuition and fees due to COVID-driven transition to remote instruction; and defeated class certification and secured affirmance on appeal by the Ninth Circuit in an employment discrimination class action against Microsoft.

Marc served as a law clerk to Judge Betty B. Fletcher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Prior to joining Orrick, Marc worked as an appellate and post-conviction attorney for the Equal Justice Initiative. In that capacity, he engaged in trial level and appellate representation of clients in both state and federal court, including two cases that were briefed and argued before the United States Supreme Court.

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