Education

  • Texas Tech University, B.A. (2004)
  • Texas Tech University, M.A. (2007)
  • University of Texas School of Law, J.D. (2010)

Admissions

  • California
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of California

Raija Horstman

Counsel
rhorstman@crowell.com
+1.213.443.5530

Raija Horstman is an experienced litigator focused in multiple areas of complex commercial litigation, including trade secrets, false advertising, unfair competition, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and consumer and employment class actions. Raija is a counsel in the Los Angeles office of Crowell & Moring.

Raija has in-depth experience at all stages of litigation and has represented clients in a broad range of high-stakes disputes in the fields of entertainment, technology, and manufacturers and retailers of consumer products. She has litigated and tried cases involving trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, unfair competition, false advertising, employment and consumer class actions, as well as general business and complex commercial litigation matters, including fraud, breach of contract, breach of warranty, and breach of fiduciary duty.

Raija has first-chaired several jury trials and one bench trial as a volunteer city prosecutor through the Trial Advocacy program. She also volunteers on a monthly basis at the Los Angeles County Bar Association Domestic Violence Clinic.


Affiliations

Professional Activities and Memberships

  • Association of Business Trial Lawyers 
  • State Bar of California

Representative Matters

  • Represented a leading technology company in a three-week jury trial in California state court and obtained a complete defense verdict in a wrongful termination and retaliation employment action, including a successful opposition to plaintiff’s motion for a new trial. Plaintiff’s claims were based on an alleged falsification of test results.
  • Represented a leading manufacturer of homeopathic drugs in a two-week jury trial in California federal court and obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a consumer class action. Plaintiff brought claims on behalf of a class of consumers alleging false advertising under California’s Unfair Competition Law (Section 17200) and Consumer Legal Remedies Act. (Selected as one of the California Daily Journal’s 2016 Defense Verdicts of the Year)
  • Represented a major television distributor in a jury trial brought by a premier pay television network in a complex commercial litigation matter in Colorado state court which resulted in extremely favorable settlement mid-trial.
  • Represented and recovered millions of dollars for a stock photography company in copyright and trademark litigation matters.
  • Raija has represented technology companies, retailers, and supplement manufacturers in all stages of consumer class action litigation and has obtained successful settlements in multiple consumer class action cases.

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Firm News & Announcements

August 18, 2022 The Best Lawyers in America 2023 Recognizes 54 Crowell & Moring Attorneys, Three Selected as Lawyer of the Year
August 19, 2021 The Best Lawyers in America 2022 Recognizes 53 Crowell & Moring Attorneys, One Selected as Lawyer of the Year
August 20, 2020 The Best Lawyers in America 2021 Recognizes 46 Crowell & Moring Attorneys, Two Selected as Lawyer of the Year