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Litigation Star

English


Jurisdiction:

California

Practice area:

Commercial
White collar crime


Described in Benchmark Litigation as one of the “brightest litigators [in] the U.S.” and in Chambers as “incredibly smart” and “tenacious, engaging and hard charging,” Vicki Chou is an accomplished trial lawyer and a key member of both the Trials and White Collar and Investigations teams. She is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the preeminent organization of trial lawyers in North America, which is composed of less than one percent of the total lawyer population of any state or province. Ms. Chou has successfully tried over 11 cases as lead counsel and won each of her appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

In addition to being recognized as a “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation, Ms. Chou is ranked in “Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations” by Chambers. She was named as one of the “Top White Collar Lawyers” and the “Top Women Lawyers” by the Daily Journal. Among many other accolades, she has also been recognized among the Los Angeles Business Journal’s “Top 100 Lawyers,” “Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Attorneys,” “Women of Influence: Attorneys” and “Minority Leaders of Influence: Attorneys.”

A former assistant U.S. attorney in the Central District of California, Ms. Chou represented the U.S. in hundreds of criminal cases involving computer and internet fraud, intellectual property, money laundering, bank fraud, tax fraud, and racketeering offenses.

Updated Oct 2025

  • Ms. Chou successfully defended Amazon.com and three Amazon executives against a historic Federal Trade Commission lawsuit targeting its Prime membership. Described by former FTC officials and commentators as a win for Amazon, the case settled after three days of trial with no admissions of liability. 

  • Ms. Chou is representing AbbVie in the multibillion-dollar Allergan textured breast implant litigation.

  • Ms. Chou co-led the team that secured a victory for FAT Brands, when the Department of Justice dropped its charges against the publicly traded multi-brand restaurant operator. The indictment charged the first Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Sect. 402 criminal case in the country. She is continuing to represent FAT Brands in a pending parallel SEC proceeding.

  • Ms. Chou is representing Total Energies USA in a high-value commercial dispute with more than $200 million in damages. While the case is still being litigated, she has led the team so far in defeating a motion to compel arbitration, including prevailing in the 9th Circuit on appeal of that motion, as well as overcoming demurrer.  

  • Ms. Chou secured a favorable pre-trial disposition for Bill McGlashan, founder of TPG Growth LLC and The Rise Fund, in the “Varsity Blues” college admissions case.

  • Commercial Disputes
  • Securities
  • White Collar Crime

  • Banking
  • Consumer Goods and Services
  • Healthcare
  • Real Estate
  • Technology and Telecommunications

  • Harvard Law School (J.D., 2006) cum laude
  • Harvard University (A.B., 2002) magna cum laude

  • President, Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association
  • Member, Merit Selection Panel for Central District of California
  • Member, Executive Committee, LACBA Litigation Section
  • Board Member, Social Justice Legal Foundation
  • Member, Women’s White Collar Defense Association

  • California (2007)