Rita M. Haeusler is a partner in Hughes Hubbard & Reed's Litigation practice, chair of the firm’s Class Action practice group, and head of the firm’s Los Angeles office. She has more than 30 years' experience litigating in a variety of state and federal courts throughout California, Nevada, Arizona, the Pacific Northwest, Tennessee, New Jersey and New York, and before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Her practice focuses primarily on complex litigation in the areas of intellectual property, entertainment, antitrust, class actions, e-commerce, privacy and employment law. She has worked on a number of cases involving drug companies, including the defense of the Cartwright Act and California Business & Professions Code Section 17200 claims brought by independent pharmacies alleging price-fixing and unfair competition with respect to prescription pharmaceuticals.
Among her professional activities, she is a member of Union Internationale des Avocats, a recent past chair and current member of the board of directors of the 9th Judicial Circuit Historical Society, and a member of the International bar Association.
She received both her B.A. cum laude and her J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles.