Overview
Destiny’s adaptability, diverse litigation experience, and enthusiasm for tackling complex legal issues make her a valuable addition to any legal team.
Destiny has handled a wide range of complex litigation matters, including class actions, multidistrict litigation, commercial disputes, product liability, and employment cases. She enjoys a challenge, and she is passionate about tackling novel issues and developing creative arguments.
Clients seeking high quality legal services on cases involving complex issues would benefit from having Destiny on their team. Destiny has worked on matters ranging from high-profile cases to smaller-scale disputes, and she delivers exceptional results across the board.
Destiny is deeply committed to diversity in the legal profession and is currently a mentor for the Legal Education Access Pipeline (LEAP) and member of the Latina Lawyers Bar Association (LLBA). She has engaged in extensive pro bono efforts, including representing disability rights groups in a voting rights case challenging voter suppression in Texas and representing asylum-seekers. Outside of work, Destiny spends as much time outdoors as possible and enjoys camping, hiking, kayaking, and cycling.
Presenter, “Safeguarding the Right to Vote,” Pro Bono Institute Annual Conference (March 8, 2024)
Experience
Prepared mediation brief resulting in settlement of employment action.
Prepared demurrer in breach of contract action resulting in settlement of case.
Prepared opposition brief for plaintiffs resulting in denial of defendant’s motion for summary judgment in impact litigation case, allowing the case to proceed to trial.
Credentials
Yale Law School, J.D.
Stanford University, B.A., History and Political Science
Reed Smith LLP, 2021-2023
Admitted in California
Federal Courts:
U.S. District Court for the Central and Southern Districts of California
