Shiva Pedram is an associate in the Litigation Department.  Her practice focuses on complex civil litigation, with an emphasis on antitrust and product liability actions.  Shiva has represented clients in a variety of industries in both federal and state courts, and in investigations by the SEC and DOJ.  She has experience in many stages of litigation, including coordinating discovery, drafting pleadings, briefing dispositive motions, and preparing witnesses for depositions and trial. Recently, Shiva was part of the team that secured a landmark victory for Sanderson Farms in one of the largest-ever antitrust trials in the agricultural industry, defeating $7 billion in damages claims. 

Shiva maintains an active pro bono practice, recently securing a favorable settlement with the federal government on behalf of a family who was wrongfully separated at the U.S. border. 

Shiva earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she served on the National Security Journal and Middle Eastern Law Students Association.  While at Harvard, Shiva represented clients in the Harvard Family and Domestic Violence Clinic and Immigration Clinic. She also worked as a legal intern at the County of San Diego Office of the Primary Public Defender.

Shiva has a B.A. in political science from U.C. Berkeley, where she graduated with Highest Distinction in General Scholarship.