Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Litigation; Real Estate, Energy, Land Use & Environmental

Whitney Jones Roy is a litigation partner in Sheppard Mullin's Los Angeles office. Whitney was recognized by Law360 as a “Female Powerbroker,” recognized among the Top Women Attorneys in Los Angeles in 2020 by the Los Angeles Business Journal, and named one of the top 100 Women Lawyers in California by the Daily Journal in 2014.

Whitney has experience in all aspects of California and federal civil procedure through trial. She also defends her clients on appeal when necessary.

Business Litigation

Whitney specializes in business litigation. Her experience includes representing companies in a variety of business disputes and against claims of fraud, breach of fiduciary duties, breach of contract, and unfair business practices.

Whitney's cases have related to a broad spectrum of industries, including oil companies, financial institutions, insurance, real estate, construction equipment, food and beverage, and retail.

Environmental Litigation

Whitney also specializes in complex environmental litigation and related products liability litigation. Her expertise includes the Clean Air Act, CERCLA, RCRA, design defect, failure to warn, negligence, nuisance, and trespass.

Proposition 65 Counseling & Litigation

Whitney counsels companies on compliance with California Prop 65 warning obligations and defends her clients when accused of failing to comply.

Activities

Whitney is the founder of Sheppard Mullin’s Los Angeles Women Lawyers. Whitney also served as the Office Managing Partner for the Los Angeles office of Sheppard Mullin from 2009 to 2017. She is a member of Sheppard Mullin’s Recruiting Committee.

Whitney serves on the Board of Governors for the Association of Business Trial Lawyers.

Whitney has served on the Board of Directors for the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank since 2013 and was elected to Chair of the Board of Directors in December 2019.

Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Women's Law Association of Los Angeles

Member, California Women Lawyers

Member, National Association of Women Lawyers

Member, Association of Business Trial Lawyers

Alumnus, Leadership California - Class of 2005

J.D., University of Southern California, 2000,

• 1999 Champion of the USC’s Hale Moot Court Honors Program

• 2000 Outstanding Oralist at Brooklyn Law School's Jerome Prince Evidence Moot Court Competition

• Worked for noted Professor Charles Whitebread as a teaching and research assistant

• Staff member for the Southern California Review of Law and Women's Studies

B.A., Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 1997, cum laude

B.A., Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1997, cum laude