Tammy Boggs is an associate with Foley & Lardner LLP, where she represents clients in a variety of industries in consumer class action litigation, privacy and security litigation, and general business disputes. Ms. Boggs has substantial experience in all stages of litigation and civil procedure, including complex e-discovery issues, depositions, motion practice, trial preparation and alternative dispute resolution. She represents clients in both state and federal court proceedings. Ms. Boggs has also defended clients in patent litigation pending in district courts and the International Trade Commission. She is a member of the Privacy Litigation; Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution; Intellectual Property Litigation; and Privacy, Security & Information Management Practices. She serves on the firm’s Diversity Committee.
Ms. Boggs has represented clients in a number of high-profile privacy and consumer protection matters brought by regulatory agencies, and has experience in coordinating incident responses to security breaches. She advises clients on compliance with privacy laws and best practices for information governance.
Ms. Boggs is also a member of the firm’s Pro Bono Asylum/Immigration Practice, and has won asylum for numerous pro bono clients before the San Diego Immigration Court.
Prior to joining Foley, Ms. Boggs was an associate at Heller Ehrman LLP. While attending law school, she was a judicial extern to the Honorable Vaughn Walker, United States District Court Chief Judge in 2005. Before beginning her legal career, Ms. Boggs was a lead accounting analyst for Silicon Valley Bank, and provided financial auditing and tax services at Deloitte & Touche LLP. As a Certified Public Accountant (inactive), she performed audits of large corporations, including companies in the high tech, manufacturing, financial services, and insurance industries.
Ms. Boggs earned her law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., cum laude , 2007) where she was a member of the Prince Evidence and Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition Teams, and received accolades in Appellate Advocacy, Moot Court, and Legal Writing & Research. She is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in business economics and an accounting minor (B.A., magna cum laude, 1999).
Ms. Boggs is admitted to practice law in California, before all District Courts of California, and before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She is fluent in spoken Mandarin Chinese.
Representative Present and Past Clients: WellPoint/Anthem Blue Cross, CVS Caremark, Bank of America, Disney, Old Republic Home Protection Company, Online Guru, Sony Electronics, AmeriCredit Financial Services, Clarendon National Insurance Company, and Kyocera Wireless.
Representative Publications and Presentations:
- "Analysing proposed changes to COPPA: the operator’s role," Data Protection Law & Policy, September 2012
- Contributing Author, "Expert Analysis" column, Class Action Law360, 2011
- "Class v. Merits Discovery in Consumer Class Actions," prepared for Bridgeport California Consumer Class Action Conference, January 2011
- "Two Recent Class Action Decisions Further Develop Pleading Requirements Under California's Unfair Competition Law," Bloomberg’s Antitrust & Trade Law Report, August 2010
- "Discovery in Class Actions: Privacy Implications and Best Practices," prepared for Bridgeport Class Action Litigation Conference, August 2010