Liz Clark Rinehart

Representative Matters

• Ongoing defense of a technology company that provides cloud-based platforms to the healthcare industry, in a "junk fax" class action in Maryland federal court, and representing the company with respect to a related petition for an expedited declaratory ruling pending before the Federal Communications Commission
• Member of a team representing a nail salon in a putative class action in Florida state court, alleging unsolicited autodialed telemarketing calls and calls to telephone numbers contained on the National Do Not Call Registry; plaintiff voluntarily dismissed her case (without settlement)
• Member of a team that represented a home security provider in a TCPA class action of first impression in Oklahoma federal court, arising out of telemarketing calls placed by a lead generator that utilized soundboard technology, and representing the company with respect to a related petition for an expedited declaratory ruling pending before the Federal Communications Commission
• Member of a team representing a top online women's fashion store in a putative TCPA class action in Florida federal court, alleging the use of an autodialer to send marketing text messages to consumers without their consent
• Part of a team that successfully removed a putative consumer class action to federal court and obtained an order compelling individual arbitration that was upheld by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Part of a team that successfully defended a payment processing company that was the subject of a CFPB investigation; the investigation was closed without any recommended enforcement action
• Member of an appellate litigation team that successfully defended the dismissal with prejudice of trade secret misappropriation and related claims in excess of $50 million on behalf of an Italian software company in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Successfully defeated a motion to remand to state court based on lack of Article III standing in a putative class action
• Member of a team that obtained a dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction in a trade secret misappropriation case against an international chemical technology company
• Represented a company facing a breach of contract lawsuit and negotiated a confidential settlement for significantly less than demanded

Education

• J.D. magna cum laude University of Maryland School of Law 2015
• • Order of the Coif
  • Certificate in Environmental Law
  • Sam Allen Memorial Prize for Excellence in Leadership and Scholarship
  • Joseph Bernstein Award for Legal Writing
  • Judge Simon E. Sobeloff Prize for Constitutional Law
  • Editor in Chief, Maryland Law Review
• B.A. Social Work Salisbury University 2011
• B.A. Russian Language and Literature magna cum laude University of Maryland 2003
• • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Honors Program
  • Dobro Slovo National Slavic Honor Society

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Maryland

Court Admissions

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
• U.S. Supreme Court

Clerk Experience

• Honorable Diana Gribbon Motz U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Honorable Roger W. Titus U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

• Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2021 – 2023
• The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, 2021 – 2024

Pro Bono

• Maintains a diverse pro bono practice, including representing individuals in Baltimore City district court, immigration proceedings, and the U.S. Supreme Court

Volunteerism

• Board member, Baltimore Outreach Services
• Board member, Baltimore Urban Debate League

Personal Activities

• Leads the Sunday brunch meeting of the 200+ member South Baltimore Book Club