Tanya Herrera is a commercial litigator specializing in real estate, securities and fiduciary litigation in state and federal court. Ms. Herrera has also litigated a wide range of disputes in areas including insurance coverage, business torts and breach of contract actions.

Ms. Herrera graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1990. She earned her law degree from Harvard Law School in 1994.

Representative Matters/Published Cases

• Represented asset-based lender in five day bench trial against underwritten title company for breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty. Obtained $2.5 million judgment.
   
• Represented title insurer in related fraud cases arising from residential property in Lafayette, California. Demurrers sustained without leave to amend in both cases. 
  
  
• Represented manufacturer of explosives detection system, CEO and CFO in defense of purported securities class action in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

• Represented media and entertainment conglomerate in dispute arising from investors' rights agreement.

• Represented software company and officers and directors in insurance coverage dispute following settlement of securities class actions alleging "willful" violations of California Corporations Code sections 25400 and 25500.

• Represented OEM contract manufacturer in technology performance and commercial contract disputes.

• Represented software company in theft of trade secret and breach of confidentiality dispute.

• Overstock.com, Inc., et al. v. Gradient Analytics, Inc., et al., 151 Cal.App.4th 688 (2007).

• Avenius v. Banc of America Securities LLC, 2006 WL 4008711 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 30, 2006).

• In re InVision Technologies, Inc. Securities Litigation, 2006 WL 548752 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 22, 2006).

• Fischel v. The Equitable Life Assurance, 191 F.R.D. 606 (N.D. Cal. 2000).

• Steckman v. Hart Brewing, Inc., 143 F.3d 1293 (9th Cir. 1998).