Dena M. Roche
Ms. Roche, a partner in San Francisco, focuses her practice on commercial litigation matters, specializing in premises liability and tort actions, products liability litigation and employment litigation.
Ms. Roche has represented clients in all phases of litigation and case management. She has successfully litigated matters in both state and federal courts through dispositive motions, at trial and on appeal throughout the Bay Area and Sacramento County. Ms. Roche and has extensive experience with arbitrations, mediation and pre-trial settlement matters.
Recently, Ms. Roche was a member of a trial team that obtained a complete defense verdict for a major medical device manufacturer after a six-week jury trial in Alameda County Superior Court. (Seeno v. Mentor Corporation, Case No. RG06264787.) In this product liability lawsuit, plaintiff sought over $2 million in compensatory damages as well as punitive damages. The jury deliberated for less than three hours before returning a defense verdict.
Also noteworthy, she obtained a jury verdict in favor of defendant Century Theatres on premises liability claims in Contra Costa County Superior Court in Lizano v. Century Theatres; and has several other successes at trial defending clients in both federal and state court.
Ms. Roche is also a certified mediator who conducts private and pro bono mediations throughout San Francisco, the Bay Area and in Sacramento County.
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Education
University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California,
J.D.,1997.
Occidental College, Los Angeles, California
Advanced B.A., 1992, in English and Comparative Literature
Bar Admissions
California, 1997; U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Eastern Districts of California;
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Memberships
Bar Association of San Francisco
Special Training
Mediation Training (40 Hours/Certified Mediator)
Steve Rosenberg, October 2007.
Third Appellate District Court Mediation Training
Dana Curtis, May 2008.