Monika Hara is an associate in Quinn Emanuel’s Los Angeles office. Prior to joining the firm, she clerked for the Hon. Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, assisting with both civil and criminal matters. Ms. Hara was previously a life sciences and health industry litigation associate at an international law firm, where she focused on product liability, mass torts, managed health care, and other complex commercial litigation. She has significant multi-district litigation experience, serving as a key trial team member for the first two bellwether trials in the nation’s third largest MDL.
While in law school, Ms. Hara externed for the Hon. Gail J. Standish in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, Civil Division. She also served as a managing editor for the UCLA Women’s Law Journal.
- University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
(J.D., 2018) - University of California, Los Angeles
(B.A., Psychology, 2014)
(B.A., Environmental Studies and Geography, 2014)
- The State Bar of California
- Law Clerk for the Honorable Fernando Aenlle-Rocha:
- United States District Court, C.D. California, 2022-2023