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Nicole Chérie Cemo

Associate

Los Angeles
T +1.310.979.8422
F +1.310.820.8859
ncemo@bakerlaw.com
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Overview

Nicole Chérie Cemo is a well-rounded litigation attorney who focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, product liability, labor and employment and class actions, with significant experience in the consumer products, real estate, transportation and logistics, technology and retail industries.

She has advised and represented domestic and international clients in every stage of litigation and has successfully brought numerous cases to trial. Nicole spares no effort in developing creative, practical solutions to complex legal issues in order to help her clients reach their objectives.

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  • Represents companies and individuals in complex commercial litigation, mass tort litigation and class actions involving, among other things, contract disputes, product liability, business torts, consumer protection law, employment law, real estate law, breach of fiduciary duty, corporate law and collections.
  • Leads, manages, and otherwise handles all stages of litigation, including: managing complex discovery; drafting discovery, pleadings, motions and settlement agreements; successfully arguing discovery and dispositive motions; taking and defending depositions; preparing fact and expert witnesses; developing and implementing case strategy; conducting settlement negotiations; representing clients in mediation, domestic and international arbitration proceedings, and other ADR processes; serving on multiple trial teams that obtained favorable jury verdicts; and leading collection efforts to enforce domestic and foreign money judgments in California state court.
  • Routinely counsels clients on cross-border disputes, business strategy issues, litigation risk analysis, and dispute avoidance and resolution, and works directly with clients to develop litigation strategies and provide legal advice consistent with business objectives and evaluation of merits.
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Experience

  • Represents companies and individuals in complex commercial litigation, mass tort litigation and class actions involving, among other things, contract disputes, product liability, business torts, consumer protection law, employment law, real estate law, breach of fiduciary duty, corporate law and collections.
  • Leads, manages, and otherwise handles all stages of litigation, including: managing complex discovery; drafting discovery, pleadings, motions and settlement agreements; successfully arguing discovery and dispositive motions; taking and defending depositions; preparing fact and expert witnesses; developing and implementing case strategy; conducting settlement negotiations; representing clients in mediation, domestic and international arbitration proceedings, and other ADR processes; serving on multiple trial teams that obtained favorable jury verdicts; and leading collection efforts to enforce domestic and foreign money judgments in California state court.
  • Routinely counsels clients on cross-border disputes, business strategy issues, litigation risk analysis, and dispute avoidance and resolution, and works directly with clients to develop litigation strategies and provide legal advice consistent with business objectives and evaluation of merits.
  • Drafted and successfully argued numerous dispositive motions, resulting in the early dismissal and favorable adjudication of claims brought against defendant clients, including claims for breach of contract, fraud and other business torts, as well as various equitable claims.
  • Advised leading multinational travel management company (TMC) on business strategy, litigation risk, dispute resolution, and litigation and compliance aspects of company acquisition.

Recognitions and Memberships

Memberships

  • Hispanic National Bar Association
  • Philippine American Bar Association

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Prior Positions

  • Orange County District Attorney's Office, Gang Unit: Law Clerk (2014)
  • Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, Major Crimes Division: Law Clerk (2014)

Admissions

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

Education

  • J.D., University of Southern California Gould School of Law, 2015; Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal, Senior Editor
  • B.A., Political Science, University of California, Irvine, 2012, cum laude

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