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Bar Admissions

  • California, 2008
  • United States District Court, Central District of California
  • United States District Court, Eastern District of California
  • United States District Court, Northern District of California
  • United States District Court, Southern District of California

Education

  • Harvard Law School (J.D., 2008) Civil Rights, Civil Liberties Law Review, General Editor
  • University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., magna cum laude, 2005) Phi Beta Kappa

Monee A. Takla

Monee A. Takla is an Associate in the Los Angeles office of Tucker Ellis & West LLP, where she focuses her practice on medical & pharmaceutical liability.

Monee was born and raised in Los Angeles and attended UCLA as an undergraduate. Ms. Takla was a student attorney at Harvard Law School’s Legal Aid Bureau, where she represented clients in the areas of housing and benefits. After graduating from Harvard, she returned to Los Angeles to work in the litigation department of a large international law firm.

Published Articles and Chapters

Co-author, "Harzewski v. Guidant Corporation: Legal Standing for Cashed-out ERISA Participants," Bender’s Labor and Employment Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. 8, (August 2007)

Significant Decisions

Norton v. Independence Technology, LLC, No. 2:10-cv-03218, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 90526 (E.D. Cal. Aug. 15, 2011). All plaintiff’s claims dismissed as preempted in case involving a Class III medical device - a stair-climbing wheelchair.

 

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