Krysta Pachman represents plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes commercial litigation, including class actions, patent cases, trademark & copyright matters, and other disputes. Ms. Pachman has scored massive trial wins, favorable settlements, and arbitration victories for her clients, who range from small businesses and individuals to Fortune 500 companies. In the last twelve months alone, Pachman has won more than $1.3 billion at trial.
In 2023, Pachman obtained one of the biggest trial wins in the country, a $330 million Final Award for her client after completing a full arbitration hearing. Pachman cross-examined the key witness at trial and was instrumental to obtaining a complete victory on behalf of her client, one of the largest independent power producers in the country.
Ms. Pachman has obtained hundreds of millions of dollars and impactful injunctive relief for plaintiffs in class action settlements thanks to her strategic focus, tireless work ethic, and ability to synthesize huge volumes of information into succinct, comprehensive facts and arguments.
Ms. Pachman previously secured a $100 million deal to resolve all claims in a class action relating to Pattern Energy’s $6.1 billion sale to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which is one of the largest Section 14(a) settlements in history.
In addition, Pachman previously secured class certification on behalf of victims of sex trafficking in a class action against MindGeek, the parent company of Pornhub (now Aylo). The complaint alleges that MindGeek unlawfully has received and distributed child pornography under Section 2255 and financially benefitted from sex trafficking under Section 1595.
Ms. Pachman is court-appointed co-lead counsel in the widely followed Blackbaud Data Breach Class Action, which relates to a massive data breach. Blackbaud, a cloud computing provider, maintains consumer data on behalf of thousands of non-profit corporations, hospitals, and educational institutions. The complaint alleges that Blackbaud did not maintain adequate security measures, which led to a ransomware attack. The stolen data included bank account information, social security numbers, health care data, usernames, and/or passwords.
In the landmark copyright action, Ferrick, et al. v. Spotify USA, Ms. Pachman was an integral part of a trial team that secured a settlement valued at more than $100 million dollars, including a $43.45 million cash settlement fund and an agreement to pay future royalties to settle a class-action lawsuit with Spotify brought on behalf of music copyright owners.
Prior to joining Susman Godfrey, Ms. Pachman served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Philip S. Gutierrez in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. She also serves on the Board of Governors for the Women Lawyers’ Association of Los Angeles and serves on the Board of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers.
