Overview
(May 12, 2026, Los Angeles) — The Los Angeles Business Journal has named Steptoe Los Angeles partner Julia Strickland to its "LA500 2026" list. The "LA500 2026" list celebrates the most influential leaders and impactful executives in Los Angeles.
Recognized as one of the best litigators in the country, Julia Strickland leads a broad national practice that focuses on the defense of class actions and other complex actions. Julia is regularly called by world-renowned financial services companies and others when they are confronted with issues that put them at substantial economic and reputational risk.
In addition to her vast experience successfully representing clients through developing strategy and handling dispositive motion practice, trial and/or appeals in litigation, arbitration and regulatory matters, Julia has a deserved reputation for negotiating and structuring settlements of complex and class actions. She is versatile and creative in addressing settlement considerations, both legal and business, and in developing settlement structure options tailored to the client's unique needs. She also routinely represents companies in compliance counseling, and responding to claims by the many federal and state regulators and enforcement authorities with whom she has constructive longstanding relationships. Julia's client list is a "Who's Who" of financial services companies, including American Express, JPMorgan Chase, Early Warning Services/Zelle, Discover, Citigroup, and Synchrony Bank, among others.
Julia's full profile can be read at the Los Angeles Business Journal.
About Steptoe
In more than 110 years of practice, Steptoe has earned an international reputation for vigorous representation of clients and innovative thinking before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions. Steptoe has more than 500 lawyers and other professional staff across offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.
