Rachel A. Oostendorp

Rachel Oostendorp’s practice includes complex state and federal litigation involving insurance companies and other financial institutions, commercial disputes, class actions, and constitutional and local government issues, with a special interest in appellate litigation. Rachel has experience in cases alleging fraud, misrepresentation, breach of contract, and deceptive trade practices, as well as litigation involving First Amendment and defamation, local referenda challenges, and access to government-held information.

Rachel is involved in all aspects of appeals and litigation, including drafting dispositive trial motions and appellate briefs, preparing jury instructions and other trial support, and evaluating appellate issues. She is also active in pro bono matters at both the trial and appellate level.

Rachel clerked for the Honorable Adalberto Jordan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the Honorable Beth Bloom of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Prior to clerking, Rachel served as a fellow in the Georgetown University Law Center’s Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program, where she supported litigation and global policy advocacy by and for women living with HIV. She also holds a master’s degree in public health from the University of Michigan.

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