DLA Piper is pleased to announce that Los Angeles-based partners Angela Agrusa and Ann Lawrence, global co-chair of the firm's Retail Industry sector, have both been selected for the Los Angeles Business Journal's 2018 Most Influential Women Attorneys list. The editors highlight attorneys with "exceptional legal skill and achievement across the full spectrum of responsibility, exemplary leadership as evidenced by the highest professional and ethical standards, and for contributions to the Los Angeles community at large."

Agrusa tries high-stakes complex commercial, class action and civil cases on behalf of international brands, major companies and prominent individuals. She has secured a reputation as a brand crisis litigator with success defending clients in marketing practices and branding litigation in a range of industries, including entertainment, food and beverage, retail and hospitality.

Lawrence's practice focuses on a wide variety of retail brands including e-commerce, affiliate marketing, digital media, fashion, jewelry and branded consumer products. She provides strategic advice to clients on corporate transactions, including restructuring distressed retail brands, capital raising, brand acquisitions and business and asset sale processes.

You can find the Los Angeles Business Journal profile of Agrusa here and the profile of Lawrence here.