Erin Cox

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Erin Cox is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Munger, Tolles & Olson. Her practice focuses on complex civil litigation.

In 2021, Ms. Cox was named a Law360 Rising Star. The annual ranking celebrates top legal talent under 40, and winners are selected based on their career accomplishments. She was also named A Rising Star by Super Lawyers for 2018-2019.

Examples of matters handled by Ms. Cox include representing:

- Wells Fargo Bank in winning a unanimous victory following a two-week trial in a case in which the plaintiff sought tens of millions of dollars in treble damages on the basis of allegations that the bank had improperly recorded a business communication in violation of California Law and then terminated the high-level employee as a result of the conduct revealed in the recording. This victory was recognized as a Top Defense Verdict for 2020 by the Daily Journal.

- Bank of America in securities litigation in federal and state courts arising from the issuance of mortgage-backed securities; a variety of breach of contract matters relating to its mortgage-origination business; and an investigation by a consortium of district attorneys relating to the bank’s compliance with call recording disclosure requirements in the California Penal Code.

- Disney in winning complete dismissal—affirmed on appeal—of character copyright infringement and implied contract/idea theft claims relating to the anthropomorphized emotion characters at the heart of Disney-Pixar’s acclaimed motion picture “Inside Out”; defending against other claims of copyright infringement related to the motion picture “Inside Out”; and defending against claims of copyright infringement related to Disney’s blockbuster motion picture “Frozen.”