Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Financial Services Disputes and Investigations

Partner - Litigation and Investigations

Linda Hsu practices in the financial services disputes, class actions, product liability, and commercial litigation practice groups. She has experience litigating issues confronting small and large companies, including defense of companies against class, complex, and multidistrict claims in federal and state courts throughout the United States. Linda handles cases in all stages of litigation and represents businesses defending against putative consumer class action matters and other complex commercial litigation.

In addition, Linda has defended aircraft manufacturers, maintenance service providers, component part manufacturers, and aviation service companies in accidents and airport incidents. She has also defended aircraft, aerospace, insulation, chemical, and metal manufacturers in mass toxic-tort litigation involving asbestos, benzene, beryllium, diacetyl, and manganese exposure.

Linda has worked in-house at the headquarters of a social media technology services company. During her secondment, she served as interim general counsel and handled all legal issues, including development and implementation of the company’s terms of service and document retention policy.

Linda has been named as a “Rising Star” by Southern California Super Lawyers and is the Chair of the Santa Monica office’s Recruiting Committee. She was born in São Paulo, Brazil and is conversational in Portuguese and Spanish.

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT & HONORS Volunteer at Bet Tzedek’s self-help conservatorship clinic for individuals seeking temporary and long term conservatorship. Participated in Bet Tzedek’s legal name and gender marker change clinic for members of the transgender community. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Bar Association Los Angeles County Bar Association