Naki M. Irvin
(Partner)

•  Partner, Head of San Francisco office of Margolis & Tisman LLP. Been with firm since 1996.

•  Current practice includes employment, banking and business litigation with focus in wage and hour class actions.

•  Recently defeated class certification on alleged misclassification of managers (and related claims for overtime and missed meal breaks) in complex litigation case in Alameda County Superior Court, entitled Hunte v. Oil Changers, Inc., Alameda County Superior Court Case No. RG09449945.

•  From 1994-1996, served as Head of Litigation (Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel) at First Nationwide Bank and Granite Management Corporation, then subsidiaries of Ford Motor Company, where she managed a nationwide litigation portfolio of cases ranging from lender liability, class actions, employment litigation, bank operations matters to real estate litigation involving the Bank's real estate portfolio. Supervised a team of lawyers and paralegals, and managed outside counsel relationships.

•  From 1982-1994, served as in-house counsel for Bank of America in three practice groups (litigation, regulatory and Hong Kong legal office). In the litigation group, she defended significant lawsuits including lender liability, operations cases such as large embezzlements, and trust fiduciary duty lawsuits. In the regulatory group, she presented legal seminars distributed worldwide at Bank of America offices on U.S. laws and regulations. She also prepared bank regulatory applications for foreign investments and bank acquisitions. In Hong Kong, she managed the Bank's Asian litigation portfolio and outside counsel relationships, and advised on U.S. laws and regulations.

•  Member of the California Bar since 1980.

•  California Real Estate Broker License

•  Juris Doctorate, Boston University School of Law.