Julie A. Busta
Counsel
Areas of Focus
- Disputes & Investigations
- Class Actions
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
- Fair Credit Reporting Act
- Consumer Protection
- Cybersecurity, Privacy & Data Protection
- Handles a wide range of complex commercial disputes, with an emphasis on class action defense.
Julie Busta’s practice centers on complex commercial litigation and dispute resolution, with an emphasis on class action defense involving claims of consumer fraud, violations of privacy and false and deceptive practices.
Julie has substantial experience defending class actions in federal courts for clients in the telecommunications and retail industries. These class actions involve claims brought under a variety of state and federal statutes, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), California Consumer Privacy Act, California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) and Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
Before joining Akin, Julie practiced complex multi-district litigation with a boutique litigation firm in Washington, D.C.
- Represented a telecommunications company in the defense of a putative class action asserting claims for false and deceptive advertising and unfair business practices.
- Represented a telecommunications company in the defense of a putative class action asserting claims under the CIPA.
- Represented a telecommunications company in the defense of a putative class action asserting claims under the FCRA.
- Assisted a major retailer in defense of TCPA class actions.
EducationJ.D., University of Minnesota Law School, magna cum laude, 2011
B.A., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2008
J.D., University of Minnesota Law School, magna cum laude, 2011
B.A., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2008
ClerkshipsU.S.D.C., Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas
U.S.D.C., Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas
Bar AdmissionsDistrict of Columbia
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
