Adina Stowell’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, consumer class actions, intellectual property and real estate disputes in both federal and state courts.  She has defended clients in a number of class actions in the technology, consumer product, and financial services industries involving unfair competition, false advertising, breach of warranty, and product liability related claims.  Adina is experienced in all aspects of litigation, from pre-litigation counseling through appeal, as well as in various alternative dispute resolution procedures.  Adina has been recognized for Intellectual Property Litigation and Real Estate Litigation by Best Lawyers in America® for several years.  Representative clients include Bed, Bath & Beyond Inc., Cost Plus, Inc., Home Depot, Inc., Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., and Wells Fargo Bank.

Ms. Stowell currently serves on the Board of Directors of Pretend City Children’s Museum, an educational nonprofit focused on healthy development and early childhood learning.  She also serves on the Board of Directors and is a past president of the Constitutional Rights Foundation of Orange County, a nonprofit civics education organization that provides programming for teen including a mock trial program, peer court, and a career forum. She also served on the Board of Governors of the Orange County Chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers and the Board of Directors of the Federal Bar Association.  In addition, Ms. Stowell is committed to pro bono legal work and has handled many pro bono matters throughout her career, including immigration asylum cases and assisting Holocaust survivors in obtaining reparations payments.

Prior to joining Umberg/Zipser, Adina was a partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP. Before that she was an associate with Morrison & Foerster, LLP where she was a member of their consumer class action and financial services practice groups.