McCune & Harber LLP

Amy Arseneaux Evenstad is a partner at McCune & Harber. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Evenstad represented businesses and defended employment discrimination matters, class actions, wage and hour claims, and other general liability matters. She gave advice to employers to ensure compliance with California’s labor laws and the Fair Employment and Housing Act. Ms. Evenstad also participated in the litigation of mass tort and asbestos cases. She gained additional courtroom experience from her time conducting felony hearings at the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office. Ms. Evenstad received a Mediation Certificate under the California Dispute Resolution Programs Act after participating in an intensive alternative dispute resolution clinic. At McCune & Harber, Ms. Evenstad focuses on defending personal injury matters on behalf of public entities and corporate clients.

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Illustrative Professional Experience

• Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review, Research Editor

• Certified Law Clerk, Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office, Preliminary Hearing Unit

• William C. Hobbs Trial Advocacy Program

• Loyola Law School Center for Conflict Resolution

• Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a nationwide retail store after a customer alleged he was run over by another customer’s vehicle in the parking lot

• Negotiated a dismissal in exchange for a waiver of costs in a traumatic brain injury case after filing a motion for summary judgment

• Filed motions to compel in an alleged molestation lawsuit, which ultimately led to a dismissal in exchange for a waiver of costs

• Prevailed on multiple summary judgment motions dispensing of premises liability claims

• Adjudicated frivolous causes of action in favor of public entity defendants through dispositive motions

• Successfully dismissed numerous lawsuits through motions for terminating sanctions

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Professional Activities

Member, State Bar of California, Litigation Section

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Education and Admissions

University of New Orleans, Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies, cum laude (2011)
Loyola Law School, Juris Doctor (2015)
State Bar of California (2015)
United States District Court, Central District of California (2015)