Allison Day (she/her/hers) is of counsel in the San Francisco office of Munger, Tolles & Olson. Her practice focuses on eDiscovery issues and managing fast-paced and complex civil litigation.
Ms. Day is an experienced case manager with particular expertise advising clients and teams facing complex, time-sensitive eDiscovery challenges. She leads MTO’s Information Governance and eDiscovery practice group and uses the insights gained from her participation in MTO’s Generative AI Task Force and the Sedona Conference Working Groups 1 and 13 to develop efficient and effective solutions for her clients.
In addition to providing eDiscovery advice, Ms. Day maintains an active litigation practice with a recent focus on technology companies, regulated industries, and higher education institutions. She has significant experience leading fact development, working with clients to manage discovery demands, and marshalling large volumes of documents to prepare to take or defend depositions and craft compelling narratives for judges and juries.
Before attending law school, Ms. Day taught high school math in Washington, D.C., as part of the Teach For America program. Her pro bono practice reflects her ongoing commitment to students and immigrant communities, including representing Native American students seeking access to adequate public education and a detained individual seeking immigration relief in appellate and habeas proceedings. She is also a member of the advisory board for OneJustice.
Experience
Key Representations
- Plains All American Pipeline in federal and state litigation following an oil spill near Refugio State Beach.
- A multinational technology company in an expedited arbitration involving a complex series of contract and accounting disputes.
- A major freight railroad in obtaining an injunction on preemption grounds, protecting a construction project in a key interstate corridor and successfully defending the injunction on appeal.
- The Regents of the University of California in
- Defeating a lawsuit that sought to require the university to disclose individualized race and academic data of every student who had applied or attended the university over a dozen-year period.
- A lawsuit alleging the university’s use of SAT and ACT scores in undergraduate admissions discriminated against students on the basis of race and disability.
- The President and Chancellors of the University of California in an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court opposing a challenge to the use of race as a factor in university admissions.
Publications
- “Guiding Griswold: Reevaluating National Organizations’ Role in the Connecticut Birth Control Cases,” 22 Cardozo Journal of Law & Gender 191 (2016)
Speaking Engagements
- “Ethical Considerations for Use of GenAI,” California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform Elder Law Conference (Nov. 2024)
- “Where Do We Go From Here? A Discussion Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decisions in the ‘Affirmative Action’ Cases,” National Association for Law Placement (July 2023)
Education
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Yale Law School (J.D., 2015)
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American University (M.A., 2012)
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UC Berkeley (B.A., 2010) Phi Beta Kappa
Clerkships
- Judge Susan L. Carney, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2016-2017
- Judge Carol Bagley Amon, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2015-2016
Bar Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Experience
Key Representations
- Plains All American Pipeline in federal and state litigation following an oil spill near Refugio State Beach.
- A multinational technology company in an expedited arbitration involving a complex series of contract and accounting disputes.
- A major freight railroad in obtaining an injunction on preemption grounds, protecting a construction project in a key interstate corridor and successfully defending the injunction on appeal.
- The Regents of the University of California in
- Defeating a lawsuit that sought to require the university to disclose individualized race and academic data of every student who had applied or attended the university over a dozen-year period.
- A lawsuit alleging the university’s use of SAT and ACT scores in undergraduate admissions discriminated against students on the basis of race and disability.
- The President and Chancellors of the University of California in an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court opposing a challenge to the use of race as a factor in university admissions.
News
Publications
- “Guiding Griswold: Reevaluating National Organizations’ Role in the Connecticut Birth Control Cases,” 22 Cardozo Journal of Law & Gender 191 (2016)
Speaking Engagements
- “Ethical Considerations for Use of GenAI,” California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform Elder Law Conference (Nov. 2024)
- “Where Do We Go From Here? A Discussion Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decisions in the ‘Affirmative Action’ Cases,” National Association for Law Placement (July 2023)
Industries
Education
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Yale Law School (J.D., 2015)
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American University (M.A., 2012)
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UC Berkeley (B.A., 2010) Phi Beta Kappa
Clerkships
- Judge Susan L. Carney, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2016-2017
- Judge Carol Bagley Amon, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2015-2016
Bar Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit