Lynn Parseghian is a counsel in Crowell & Moring's Washington, D.C. office. Lynn's practice focuses on serving as national counsel in defense of class actions, mass torts and other forms of aggregated litigation in federal and state courts across the country. Lynn's representative clients have included manufacturers and service providers in the motor vehicle, communications, technology, consumer product, and insurance industries. Her practice covers the law of product liability, negligence, consumer fraud, warranties, environmental regulation, financial regulation, antitrust, and employee benefits.

Ms. Parseghian has extensive appellate experience in both federal and state courts. For example, she secured a victory on behalf Ford Motor Company in a class action lawsuit in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Werwinski v. Ford Motor Company. She recently authored briefs in the Delaware and Texas Supreme Courts on tort law issues.

Lynn is active in the D.C. public interest community and serves on the Boards of Directors of Cultural Tourism DC and the Young Women's Project. From 2002 to 2008, Lynn served as outside general counsel to the Corcoran Gallery of Art. 

Education
University of Chicago Law School, J.D. - University of Chicago Law Review; Ford Foundation Fellow
University of Pennsylvania, B.A. - cum laude; departmental honors

Affiliations
Admitted to practice: District of Columbia; New York; U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, and District of Columbia Circuits; U.S. District Courts for the District of Colorado, District of Columbia, Eastern District of Michigan, and District of Maryland

Speeches & Presentations
"Insights from the Trenches: Determining Early On What Your Client's True Pressure Points are While Outlining a Defensive Strategy That is Both Cost and Reputation Conscious," Positioning the Class Action Defense for Early Success, American Conference Institute, Phoenix, AZ (September 23, 2009). Panelist: Lynn Parseghian.

"Litigator's Master Class: Stategically Utilizing Dispositive Motions To Win the Class Action Case," Positioning the Class Action Defense for Early Success, American Conference Institute, Phoenix, AZ (September 23, 2009). Speaker: Lynn Parseghian.

"Defeating the FELA Class Action," Railroad Occupational Claims Conference (June 2008). Speaker: Lynn Parseghian.