Hailyn Chen and Bethany Kristovich Named Top Women Lawyers

The Daily Journal named Hailyn Chen and Bethany Kristovich 2020 Top Women Lawyers in California on Nov. 4, 2020.

The Daily Journal highlighted Ms. Chen, Co-Managing Partner of the firm, for her work as one of the University of California’s principal litigators defending the University against a broad range of high-profile lawsuits. She successfully defended the University in a class action filed by students found responsible for sexual misconduct across all ten UC campuses and recently represented the University in a lawsuit seeking to enjoin the University’s use of standardized testing in admissions decisions. 

Ms. Kristovich, known for her ability to drive to resolution high-stakes, complex matters, was acknowledged by the Daily Journal for her counsel to clients in crisis. Among other many high-stakes matters, Ms. Kristovich represented MGM in lawsuits arising from the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas and was able to reach a favorable settlement in only two years before any discovery — a remarkably fast timeline for resolving a mass tort of this magnitude. 

Read more about the honors in the Daily Journal.

Hailyn Chen is a Munger, Tolles & Olson litigation partner and Co-Managing Partner of the firm. She focuses her practice on complex business litigation, white collar criminal defense and government investigations.

Bethany Kristovich is a litigation partner in the Los Angeles office of Munger, Tolles & Olson. Ms. Kristovich’s practice is focused on complex civil litigation, with a particular emphasis in high-stakes trials, including in the consumer protection, product defect and personal injury contexts.