Vivek Kothari

Shareholder @Markowitz Herbold Pc

Portland, OR, US

Experienced business-minded strategic adviser providing advice to internet technology companies, Fortune 500 companies, and state and city governments in complex civil litigation including class actions, commercial disputes, privacy, securities actions, defamation, and other forms of litigation and pre-dispute resolution.• Advised senior executives and in-house counsel regarding all aspects of litigation matters including e-discovery, fact-finding and analysis, witness preparation, depositions, case management conferences, motion practice, and arbitration or trial preparation and presentation• First-chaired trials, hearings, and arbitrations, managed fact discovery, identified and prepared witnesses for deposition and trial, took and defended fact and expert witness depositions, managed litigation budgets, drafted pleadings and dispositive motions, and developed litigation strategy.• Represented Governor Kate Brown, Oregon Department of Human Services, and other State Defendants in class action litigation related to Oregon’s foster care system. • Represented Oregon Health Authority in $100 million Medicaid reimbursement rates case.• Obtained summary judgment for pro bono client in Fair Labor Standards Act case.• Cofounded Oregon Clemency Project to create a more equitable and robust clemency process in Oregon.

Brown University

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Public Policy and American Institutions

Brown University

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Computer Science

Stanford Law School

Doctor of Law (J.D.)

The University of Texas School of Law

JD, Law