Lorraine M. Casto
Lorraine Casto counsels companies in complex litigation, including intellectual property (IP) litigation, particularly as it relates to eDiscovery and digital forensics. As a litigator with trial experience, she represents clients in US state and federal courts. As part of her practice, Lorraine works with companies to develop tailored eDiscovery and digital forensic strategies to cost effectively and defensibly handle all aspects of eDiscovery, including digital forensic evidence. She is on the firm’s Disability Awareness Lawyers Network.
Lorraine’s experience includes digital forensic analysis and working with digital forensic professionals to address these issues in various cases, including trade secret litigation. Lorraine also handles a broad spectrum of discovery disputes, motion practice related to discovery, taking and defending percipient and expert witness depositions on discovery issues, and presenting percipient and expert testimony in court related to eDiscovery and digital forensics.
Lorraine serves on the Pro Bono Committee at the firm’s Silicon Valley office, where she is responsible for facilitating various pro bono projects, including negotiating and litigating landlord-tenant disputes, and handling disability rights cases.
Prior to joining the firm, Lorraine clerked for Judge Patricia V. Trumbull in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.
Prior to attending law school, Lorraine worked as an IP paralegal in a multinational law firm and in the IP law department of a large multinational corporation.
- National Discovery Counsel for multiple clients, including insurance brokerage, technology, and recruiting companies, counseling on all aspects of discovery, including data management, preservation, collection, and production, as well as addressing any issues related to these topics with opposing counsel and in court
- Oversee digital forensic analysis in connection with employee mobility and trade secret misappropriation cases for insurance brokerage, technology, and recruiting companies, working with digital forensic experts, as well as addressing any issues related to such analysis with opposing counsel, as well as in deposition, mediation, and court
- San José State University, 2002, B.A., Magna Cum Laude
- Santa Clara University School of Law, 2005, J.D.
- California
- US Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit
- US District Court for the District of Colorado
- US District Court for the Northern District of California
- US District Court for the Eastern District of California
- US District Court for the Southern District of California
- US District Court for the Central District of California
- Clerkship to Judge Patricia Trumbull of the US District Court for the Northern District of California (2005 - 2006)

Technical Editor, Santa Clara Law Review
Recipient, Oral Advocacy Award in Moot Court
Recipient, Award for Excellence in Commercial Transactions Studies
Recipient, Yellow Belt, Legal Lean Sigma®