Eva M. Weiler

Eva defends corporations in science-driven class actions, coordinated proceedings, and individual matters. She has tried high-stakes cases in nationwide MDL litigation, cross-examining scientific experts and fact witnesses and crafting trial strategy. She most recently first-chaired a breach of contract case alleging issues with environmental remediation, and obtained over $1.1M for Shook’s client in 2021. She also second-chaired a federal trial involving a fatal helicopter crash in China and obtained a $6.4-million verdict. That verdict was upheld by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and was likely the first enforcement of a Chinese judgment in California. Hubei Gezhouba Sanlian Industrial Co., et al., vs. Robinson Helicopter Co., 2009 WL 2190197 (C.D. Cal.), 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 6428 (9th Cir.).

Eva regularly serves as the lead in-court lawyer in complex coordinated proceedings, managing large numbers of single and multi-plaintiff cases with multiple co-defendants, and handling complicated science presentations, bellwether-case selection arguments, large-scale document production format disputes and jurisdictional challenges with the court. Her communication skills and forthright demeanor have gained her credibility with judges, clients and opposing counsel, which makes her effective at advocating for her clients in everything from delicate individual contract negotiations to high-volume litigation and aggressive discovery demands. 

Eva has worked closely with clients, counsel and witnesses in federal and state court litigation and pre-litigation matters involving pharmaceuticals, medical devices, supplements, household goods, vehicles, security products and environmental claims. She has assisted companies in responding to governmental investigation matters and advises clients regarding external and internal communications strategy associated with litigation. Eva has also been responsible for and worked on a wide variety of other matters, such as business disputes, environmental sustainability issues, breaches of contract, interference with business relationships, misappropriation of confidential information, insurance coverage disputes and employment matters.

In litigating these matters, Eva has counseled on strategy development; conducted direct and cross-examination of witnesses at trial; managed trial and litigation teams; deposed and defended expert, company and fact witnesses; drafted and argued dispositive and jurisdictional motions; handled eDiscovery and document production issues; assisted in drafting and preparing appellate briefs; and negotiated favorable settlements on behalf of the firm’s clients. 

Eva is a partner in the Orange County office and is committed to serving her firm and local community. She has served as the Orange County office’s representative to Shook’s pro bono committee and the Associates’ Committee, volunteers at a local pro se clinic and her church, and is a member of the firm’s Benefits Committee. Eva previously interned for the International Justice Mission, taught in the Minnesota Justice Foundation’s Street Law program, prosecuted domestic violence matters through the University of Minnesota’s Domestic Assault Prosecution Clinic, and volunteered with orphans at Vale de Bencão Mission in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where she became proficient in conversational written and spoken Portuguese. She also served as a volunteer deputy district attorney for the Orange County District Attorney's office in 2008, where she engaged in all the responsibilities of a sworn deputy district attorney, including prosecuting a domestic violence misdemeanor jury trial and a court trial, negotiating plea agreements, arguing and examining witnesses in evidentiary, plea withdrawal and bail motions, arguing and examining witnesses in felony preliminary hearings and handling case initiation.