Stacey F. Gottlieb

Of Counsel

• sgottlieb@steptoe.com
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• Phoenix Office

Stacey F. Gottlieb is of counsel in the Phoenix office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, focusing her practice on complex commercial litigation and white-collar criminal defense.  Ms. Gottlieb’s white-collar practice includes defense of corporations and individuals against state and federal indictments, as well as in pre-indictment investigations and negotiations.  She has extensive experience in cases alleging securities violations, environmental crimes, conspiracy, money laundering, fraud, racketeering, and obstruction of justice.  Her diverse complex commercial litigation experience includes cases alleging corporate and individual liability arising from the business affairs of corporate officers and directors, brokers/dealers, accountants, and other financial professionals, as well as breach of contract, breach of fiduciary obligations, insurance bad faith, theft of trade secrets, and various other business torts.  

Ms. Gottlieb has served on a team of national coordinating counsel for a major insurance industry client and has coordinated multi-jurisdictional litigation in several civil and white collar criminal cases. She has represented a major wireless carrier in commercial and security breach matters and also served as lead counsel for one of the nation's largest retail chains in connection with development of its security, external investigations, and privacy policies.

Ms. Gottlieb also has extensive experience in complex declaratory judgment actions seeking temporary restraining orders, preliminary and permanent injunctions, including on behalf of the world's largest money transmitter and its affiliates, other public and private companies, and a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Trustee, among others. Some of these matters have involved successful Constitutional Commerce Clause, Due Process Clause, and Fourth Amendment challenges, as well as statutory and other jurisdictional challenges, to state agencies' and directors' improper assertion of regulatory authority over financial services clients.

Ms. Gottlieb has first-chaired numerous jury trials and has argued cases before the Arizona Supreme Court and Arizona Court of Appeals. As a result of her extensive jury trial and courtroom experience, Ms. Gottlieb has served as a panelist or speaker at various seminars for professional organizations, the judiciary, the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA), and the Arizona State University College of Law.  Ms. Gottlieb has also moderated, organized or served on several distinguished national panels regarding electronic discovery, including the ABA's First Annual Symposium on E-Discovery (2007). 

Ms. Gottlieb currently serves as Chair of the American Bar Association Pretrial Practice & Discovery Website Development Subcommittee. She has previously served as a member of the Arizona Bar Foundation Board of Directors, the Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice Board of Governors, the Maricopa County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors, the State Bar of Arizona Criminal Rules Committee and as the Executive Council Secretary to the State Bar of Arizona Criminal Justice Section. Additionally, Ms. Gottlieb has served as an appointed member of the State Bar of Arizona Criminal Jury Instructions Committee, the State Bar of Arizona Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct, Chair of the Maricopa County Bar Association Criminal Law CLE Committee, Chair of the Maricopa County Bar Association High School Teaching Committee, and a member of the Project Citizen Legislative Advisory Committee. 

Noteworthy

• Listed in Southwest Super Lawyers 2007 and 2008 for Securities Litigation and White-Collar Criminal Defense
• American Bar Association Outstanding Committee Website Award, Section of Litigation Pretrial Practice & Discovery Committee website (2005-2006)
• American Bar Association Section of Litigation Outstanding Service Award (2003-2004)
• Arizona Bar Foundation Board of Directors (1997-2002)
• Maricopa County Bar Association CLE Program Development Excellence Award (2000)
• Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice Board of Governors (1999-2000)

Select News & Events

• Fourteen Steptoe & Johnson LLP Attorneys in Phoenix are Named Super Lawyers
• 14 Steptoe Attorneys Named Southwest Super Lawyers
• Steptoe Team Invalidates Extraterritorial Subpoenas in Phoenix
• Steptoe Litigation Team Quashes International Seizure Warrant
• Lorman Education Services, February 13, 2008, Document Retention, Protection and Destruction in Arizona
• State Bar of Arizona Annual White Collar Crime Conference: Government Investigation of Corporate Entities: What is Happening Right Now, October 17, 2007, The Do's and Don'ts of Corporate Compliance and Internal Investigations – Evolution of the Attorney Client Privilege
• American Bar Association's First National Symposium on Electronic Discovery, March 9, 2007, The Nuts & Bolts of E-Discovery
• American Bar Association Annual Conference, August 2006, E-Discovery in Practice: Mock Deposition of 30(b)(6) Electronic Document Custodians
• Lorman Education Services, June 28, 2005, Document Retention and Destruction
• Maricopa County Bar Association, 2003, Parallel Proceedings in Civil and Criminal Environmental Cases

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Publications

• E-Discovery: A Practical Guide to Disclosure and Discovery of Electronically Stored Information (2008)
• Supreme Court Limits Secondary Actor Liability for Securities Fraud: Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. (2008)
• Supreme Court Holds School Assignments Based on Racial Classifications Unconstitutional: Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 (2007)
• The Nuts & Bolts of E-Discovery: Checklist of ESI Topics for the Initial Meet and Confer (2007)
• The Nuts & Bolts of E-Discovery: Top 10 Goals and Expectations for the Rule 26(f) Meet and Confer (2007)
• Sarbanes-Oxley: Effective Compliance Programs Under The Federal Sentencing Guidelines (2005)
• Co-author, Chapter 4.7, Environmental Criminal Enforcement (1998-2000)

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice
• Arizona Women Lawyers Association
• Maricopa County Bar Association
• National Association of Corporate Directors
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)