Julie Gerchik

LACBA Liaison

Julie R. F. Gerchik is a partner in the Litigation Department at Glaser Weil. Ms. Gerchik litigates all types of complex commercial matters including financial institution matters, securities litigation and regulatory matters, real estate and developer disputes, all types of investigations, entertainment, employment, technology and IP matters. She has considerable experience in all aspects of motion practice, discovery, mediation and both trial and arbitration work in both federal and state court.

Ms. Gerchik represents major domestic and international financial institutions, private equity firms, hedge funds, financial advisory firms, and currently or has represented JP Morgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, Societe Generale, the Carlyle Group and the Yucaipa Companies.

She also has successfully defended accounting firms in civil litigation, including Ernst & Young LLP, Deloitte & Touche LLP and KPMG LLP. Ms. Gerchik has represented numerous other clients not mentioned here.

Additionally, Ms. Gerchik has experience in litigating matters involving skilled nursing affiliates, the affordable housing industry, trade associations, the music industry, video game companies, the entertainment industry, and property developers and property management companies.

Over the course of Ms. Gerchik’s career she has been involved in a wide range of pro bono matters, including supervising the Holocaust reparations project, drafting the Bill of Rights for a newly created government, leading the representation of a group of low-income individuals in a slumlord action and guardianship cases.

Prior to joining Glaser Weil, Ms. Gerchik practiced with Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles for more than decade. Ms. Gerchik is also a dual citizen of both the United States and Great Britain, and is admitted to both the California and New York bars.

Ms. Gerchik is a member of the Board of Governors of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, a member of the Executive Committee of the Litigation Section of Los Angeles County Bar Association, is past Co-Chair of the Executive Committee of the Bet Tzedek New Leadership Council and a current member, and previously was appointed to the Los Angeles County Bar Access to Justice Committee. Additionally, Ms. Gerchik is a member of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association and the Association of Business Trial Lawyers. 

ASSOCIATIONS

American Bar Association, Litigation Section

Association of Business Trial Lawyers

Los Angeles County Bar Association, Executive Committee of the Litigation Section

Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, Board of Governors

Bet Tzedek New Leadership Council, Member

  • Co-Chair, Bet Tzedek New Leadership Council, 2013-2016
  • Board of Directors, 2013-2016 

HONORS & AWARDS

Los Angeles Business Journal, “Leaders of Influence: Top Litigators & Trial Lawyers,” July 2021

Berkeley Law Executive Education: General Counsel Institute, “Going Beyond Legal,” June 2021

Los Angeles Business Journal, “Women’s Leadership Awards” Nominee, June 2021

Los Angeles Business Journal, “Diversity & Inclusion Awards,” Executive of the Year Nominee, 2021

Los Angeles Business Journal, “Thriving in their 40’s,” 2020

Los Angeles Business Journal, “Women’s Leadership Awards,” Rising Star Nominee, 2020

Los Angeles Business Journal, “Top Litigator,” 2019

PUBLICATIONS

“Are Customized Arbitration Provisions the Answer?,” Daily Journal (September 30, 2019)

“Arbitration Snags And How To Unsnag Them,” Law360 (February 26, 2019)

“The State of Scienter: A Comparative Survey Ten Years After the Enactment of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act,” Securities Litigation Report, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Dec.-Jan. 2006).

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Panelist, “Leading Through Change,” Los Angeles Business Journal’s Women’s Leadership Series,
June 2021

Moderator, “Looking Within: Gender & Race in the Judiciary,” Glaser Weil, March 2021

Moderator, “Antisemitism: Insidious and In our Midst,” WLALA, January 2021

Panelist, “Promoting Diversity & Inclusion in Law Firms & Corporations: Disrupting Old Models &
Lowering Attrition,” The Women in Legal & Corporate Leadership Summit, November 2020

Speaker, “Pocket MBA 2020: Finance for Lawyers and Other Professionals,” PLI Practising
Law Institute, September 2020 Speaker, “Pocket MBA 2020: Finance for Lawyers and Other
Professionals,” PLI Practising Law Institute, September 2020

Moderator, “19th Amendment Speaker Series. Voices of the Bench: An Examination of Diversity
and Inclusion in the Courts,” LACBA, WLALA, NAWJ, August 2020

Moderator, “Glaser Weil’s 19th Amendment Event,” August 2020

Panelist, Diversity, Inclusion & Self-Care: Los Angeles (virtual), June 2020

Speaker, “Substance Abuse and Attorney Competence Under California’s New Rules of Professional
Conduct” Webinar: December 17, 2019

Panelist, The Women, Diversity & Change Summit: Los Angeles, 2019

Panelist, The Annual ABA Forum on Entertainment and Sports Law: October 11, 2019

Speaker, “Investment Disputes: Cutting Edge Issues,” ALTSLA2019, March 14, 2019

PRACTICE AREAS

Litigation

EDUCATION

New York University School of Law, LLM, Review of Law and Social Change

Oxford University, B.A., Law London School of Economics and Political Science, M.Sc.

University of California, Berkeley, B.A., magna cum laude

STATE BAR ADMISSIONS

California

New York

FEDERAL AND PATENT BAR ADMISSIONS

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

U.S. District Court, Central District of California

U.S. District Court, Southern District of California

U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York