Overview
Sripriya Narasimhan is a member of the Complex Litigation and Arbitration and the Investigations and White Collar Defense practices at Paul Hastings. Sripriya has extensive experience in trial and appellate strategy, complex litigation and constitutional law. Throughout her career, Sripriya has worked on significant and high-profile cases and investigations in a variety of industries and practice areas, including consumer protection, pharmaceutical and biotech, technology, data privacy and security, antitrust, and civil rights.
Sripriya has led several bench and jury-trials in state and federal court, giving her capability in every phase of trial litigation, from investigations and pre-complaint assessment all the way through trial. Sripriya also has significant experience in appellate matters, having briefed and argued numerous appeals in both state and federal courts. In addition, Sripriya has represented principals before congressional committees and offices, including for the purposes of responding to document requests and subpoenas and preparing for public and private testimony.
Sripriya’s broad range of experience stems from her time in state and federal government and in private practice. Sripriya has a deep understanding of how different government actors approach issues. With this insight, she is able to offer nuanced counsel to clients, taking into account the challenges they are facing, the specific government actors involved, and the regulatory and litigation environment. In litigation, Sripriya specifically tailors her approach to solving client concerns. She presents bold and creative solutions when effective, but also provides clients with optimal results through restraint and good judgment.
Before joining Paul Hastings, Sripriya served as the deputy general counsel to North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein. In that capacity, Sripriya led much of the office’s high-stakes litigation, offered strategic counseling to the attorney general on trial and appellate matters, and managed sensitive issues. Before that, Sripriya served as associate general counsel at the U.S. Department of Transportation, where she counseled the secretary on the department’s regulatory programs and litigation and enforcement. Prior to her government service, Sripriya practiced trial and appellate law at another global law firm and was a member of the adjunct faculty at the George Washington University Law School.
Education
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 2010
- Duke University, B.S., 2005
Representations
- State officials in federal trial and appellate courts in dispute regarding scope of FDA preemption of state laws.
- A public university in defense of its admissions policies.
- State in an antitrust matter against a leading technology company alleging anticompetitive conduct through its proprietary app store.
- State in the investigation and civil enforcement action against a consumer technology company, resulting in the company’s biggest consent order with a state on the eve of trial.
- State in lawsuit against leading opioid manufacturer and its shareholders for deceptive marketing, resulting in a landmark settlement.
- State in a multistate federal appeal against major satellite-television provider for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the Telemarketing Sales Rule, leading to a settlement after a verdict of $210 million — the largest civil penalty for telemarketing violations to date.
- State in multistate negotiations with leading drug distributors alleging that they contributed to overprescribing and overmarketing opioids.
- A public university in First Amendment defense of its research grants and methodologies.
- State in a lawsuit alleging that the CEO of a major pharmaceutical company engaged in illegal and monopolistic behavior, leading to a federal court of appeals affirming an order banning the CEO for life from participating in the pharmaceutical industry.
- Draft Kings in civil enforcement actions brought by the Illinois and New York attorneys general to enjoin ongoing operations.
- The Office of the Governor of New Jersey in a high-profile internal investigation related to the allegations concerning the George Washington Bridge toll-lane realignment in September 2013 and the allegation raised by Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer concerning Superstorm Sandy aid allocations, which, after a two-month investigation, resulted in a comprehensive 340-page investigation report.
- Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg in a breach-of-contract action in which an individual alleged that Zuckerberg had turned over a significant ownership interest in Facebook. After expedited discovery, successfully moved for dismissal of the action as a fraud on the court.
- Mark Zuckerberg as a victim in a federal criminal prosecution of an individual who fraudulently sought to take a substantial portion of Zuckerberg’s interest in Facebook.
- Chevron Corporation in seven-week federal civil RICO trial and international arbitrations barring the enforcement of a $9 billion fraudulent Ecuadorian judgment.
- State officials in federal and state trial and appellate courts in challenges involving state and federal elections law.
- State officials in state trial and appellate courts in challenges involving the separation of powers and executive authority.
Matters may have been completed before joining Paul Hastings
Engagement & Publications
- Voting: Rights, Suppression, and the Impact on Communities of Color, Girls Security (August 2024)
- Supreme Court Today (guest lecturer), Georgetown University Law Center (March 2022)
- North Carolina v. Juul, University of North Carolina School of Law (February 2022)
- The New York Times Presents: Move Fast and Vape Things (FX and NYT documentary) (November 2021)
- From the Private Bar to the Federal Bench: A Conversation with Fourth Circuit Judge Allison J. Rushing (January 2021)
Involvement
- Asian Pacific American Bar Association – DC (Chair, Women’s Forum Committee) (2015-2017)