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 co-authored an amicus brief on behalf of Members of Congress in United States v. Lopez in the United States Supreme Court. She recently authored briefs in the Delaware and Texas Supreme Courts on tort law issues.

Lynn also has expertise in the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act. Her experience ranges from counseling clients on FOIA/Privacy Act strategy before various federal agencies to litigation, both offensive and defensive.

In addition to her complex litigation practice, Lynn serves as counsel to the Corcoran Gallery of Art. 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.

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