Trevor Tan

Associate
Biography

Trevor Tan focuses on consumer protection class actions and other complex civil litigation, specializing in legal research and writing. He has been honored as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers since 2019 and was named to Best Lawyers’ “Ones to Watch” list in 2022.

Trevor has considerable experience working in judicial chambers. Before joining Girard Sharp, he clerked for the Honorable Fernando M. Olguin of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Trevor also clerked for Judges of the Los Angeles County Superior Court and the court’s Appellate Division, and served as an extern for the Honorable George H. Wu in the Central District of California.

Trevor received his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 2011. During law school, in addition to serving as a judicial extern, he served as a law clerk with the Illinois Attorney General. He also served as a child advocate with the school’s immigrant child advocacy clinic and worked on behalf of immigrant children from China. After law school, Trevor represented unaccompanied minors in removal proceedings as a fellow at the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights.

  • Judicial law clerk for a district judge at the United States District Court for the Central District of California
  • Clerked for several judges of the Los Angeles County Superior Court
  • Externed for the Honorable George H. Wu of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
  • Law clerk at the Illinois Attorney General

J.D., University of Chicago Law School

B.A., magna cum laude, University of California, Irvine

  • California
  • Northern District of California

In re Nexus 6P Products Liability Litigation
Representing plaintiffs in case against Google and Huawei concerning allegedly defective Nexus 6P smartphones.

Weeks, et al. v. Google, LLC
Representing plaintiffs in case against Google involving allegedly defective Pixel smartphones.

In re USC Student Health Center Litigation
Representing plaintiffs in case against the University of Southern California arising out of alleged sexual abuse by a gynecologist.

  • Recognized by Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch” (2022)
  • Named to the Northern California Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” list (2019-2021)

2022 Year-End Report

2022 marked another year of focused, collaborative effort by our close-knit team, with some notable achievements, several high-stakes cases set for trial in 2023, and

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