Overview
Julieta Stepanyan focuses her practice on the defense of class actions and other complex litigation, including actions under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and Truth in Lending Act, as well as numerous provisions of state law, including California’s Unfair Competition Law, False Advertising Law, Consumers Legal Remedies Act, Invasion of Privacy Act, Identity Theft Act, and Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies Act, as well as related claims in federal and state courts and in arbitration
Julieta also counsels clients with regard to compliance and regulatory matters and has defended proceedings commenced by state and federal government agencies. This includes responding to investigatory subpoenas, negotiating consent judgments, and ensuring institutional compliance following resolution. She has represented a broad range of companies, including banks and other lending institutions, chemical manufacturing companies, consulting and online beauty retail companies and other Fortune 500 companies.
- California
- US District Court, Central District of California
- US District Court, Eastern District of California
- US District Court, Northern District of California
- US District Court, Southern District of California
- J.D., University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, 2011, Senior Editor, UCLA Law Review
- B.A., University of California, Riverside, 2008, summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa
Areas of Work
Representative Matters
- Prevailed on motions for summary disposition in arbitration in favor of automobile lender, defeating claims of alleged unfair practices arising out of servicing of lease agreements and termination thereof.
- Coordinated compliance with multi-state consent judgments on behalf of consulting company, including supervision of review and production of hundreds of thousands of documents on behalf of client.
- Coordinated a national bank’s defense of dozens of individual actions and a putative class action in state and federal courts arising from loan servicing and non-judicial foreclosure practices.
- Successfully defended a home health company in an investigation by California district attorneys in connection with alleged failures to conduct necessary background checks of employees.
News & Publications
Events
Webinars
Website Privacy Litigation: Trends and Strategies for Claims Under CIPA
March 4, 2025
Speakers: Christopher R. Fredrich, Julieta Stepanyan, Andrew Shaxted
Noteworthy
- Super Lawyers, Rising Star (2017-2023)
Publications
- Author, “The Impact of ACA International on TCPA Litigation,” The Review of Banking and Financial Services, Vol. 35 No. 3, March 2019
- Author, “California’s Unfair Competition Law: Overview,” Practical Law, Winter 2018
- Contributor, The European Union REACH Regulation for Chemicals Law and Practice, Edited by Lucas Bergkamp Ed, Oxford University Press, October 2013
Professional Affiliations
- Associates Advisory Board Member, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles