Monica C.
Pedroza

Counsel

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  • Profile
  • Experience
  • Credentials

Monica has over a decade of experience in complex civil litigation, including class actions, high-profile crisis litigation, and large-scale multidistrict proceedings.  She works with clients on eDiscovery and information governance issues across matters involving pharmaceutical, technology, insurance, and consumer goods companies.

Monica counsels clients on the negotiation of electronically stored information (ESI) protocols, document collection, and privilege issues arising in complex litigation in state and federal jurisdictions nationwide, as well as all other aspects of discovery planning and strategy.  

Monica has significant experience working on high profile trials in multidistrict proceedings, including in matters involving false advertising, product liability, public nuisance, and statutory claims across state and federal courts.  She is experienced in taking and defending expert, fact, and Rule 30(b)(6) witness depositions as well as in preparing witnesses for trial.

Prior to joining Redgrave, Monica served as Interim Commercial Counsel at GoodRx.  Before that, she was a Senior Litigation Associate at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, where she worked on some of the most complex and high-profile multidistrict matters of the past decade.  She also spent three years in government service as an honors paralegal at the Department of Justice, where she was recognized with the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award.  Monica is fluent in Spanish.

Monica’s work experience includes:

  • Managing affirmative discovery for numerous bellwether cases in novel social media multidistrict litigation on behalf of a leading technology company, including   fact investigation, overseeing discovery requests and responses, assisting with deposition strategy and preparation, and preparing expert reports and expert witnesses
  • Serving as discovery and trial counsel for global pharmaceutical manufacturer in nationwide opioid litigation involving product liability claims, including a matter that resulted in a complete defense verdict. Her work included:  
    • Overseeing and conducting defensive fact discovery in multidistrict litigation, parallel state court litigations and related investigations
    • Coordinating document reviews, productions and responses to discovery requests for clients—both parent and multiple subsidiary companies—to ensure consistency across matters
    • Developing deposition strategy, preparing witnesses, and taking and defending expert, fact and corporate witness depositions
    • Strategically advocating for clients in negotiations with co-defendants and plaintiffs’ counsel on numerous discovery and trial issues
    • Managing the preparation of a 2,000+ exhibit list ahead of various trials and overseeing the use of exhibits and objections throughout trial
  • Serving as discovery counsel in the representation of a global beauty manufacturer in federal multidistrict and related state court litigation
  • Drafting expert and summary judgment briefing as well as handling extensive motions practice on electronic discovery and pre-trial issues
  • Representing technology and insurance companies in consumer class actions regarding alleged breach of contract and violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)  
  • Obtaining an injunction prohibiting unlawful eviction of client, and won a substantial monetary settlement on behalf of 21 elderly and disabled pro bono clients
  • Successfully counseling individuals through the complex US immigration system and assisting them in securing asylum, work authorization, special immigrant juvenile status and stays as well as dismissals of deportation orders. 

Education

  • Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, J.D. (2015)
  • Georgetown University, B.A. (2008)

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois
  • California

Memberships

  • Member, Hispanic National Bar Association
  • Member, Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois
  • Member, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Alumni Committee
  • Member, Georgetown Alumni Association