Krysta Pachman has secured over $1.5 billion in trial verdicts and case settlements. She represents plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes, complex commercial litigation, including class actions, patent cases, trademark & copyright matters, and other disputes. Pachman has scored massive trial wins, favorable settlements, and arbitration victories for her clients, who range from small businesses and individuals to Fortune 500 companies.
Lawdragon Honors
Pachman secured an arbitration award in a judgment valued at over $1.03 billion after a AAA arbitration in New York City involving contract and Lanham Act claims on behalf of Everly Health. Serving as co-lead counsel, Pachman led her team to achieve the largest Lanham Act win in U.S. history: the arbitrator awarded Everly Health over $987 million. The defendant then moved to vacate the arbitration award, arguing that the award should be vacated because it is “over three times the largest Lanham Act award in history.” In 2025, the court confirmed the arbitration award in a judgment valued at over $1.03 billion. Pachman’s cross-examinations at the arbitration are available here.
Just a few months earlier, Pachman obtained another one of the biggest trial wins in the country, a $330 million Final Award for her client after completing a full arbitration hearing.
Pachman is now serving as co-lead counsel to the People of the State of California against online crypto-based sweepstakes casino, Stake.us, its owners, and Kick Streaming in a “historic” and “landmark” lawsuit regarding allegations that the named defendants have been operating or aiding an illegal gambling enterprise in California. Read more.
Pachman has obtained hundreds of millions of dollars and impactful injunctive relief for plaintiffs in class action settlements thanks to her strategic focus, tireless work ethic, and ability to synthesize huge volumes of information into succinct, comprehensive facts and arguments.
Pachman previously secured a $100 million deal to resolve all claims in a class action relating to Pattern Energy’s $6.1 billion sale to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which is one of the largest Section 14(a) settlements in history. The complaint alleged that Pattern Energy omitted key details relating to the valuation of the company in the proxy statement and failed to disclose conflicts of interest to the detriment of shareholders. Read more.
In addition, Pachman secured class certification on behalf of victims of sex trafficking in a class action against MindGeek, the parent company of Pornhub (now Aylo). The complaint alleges that MindGeek unlawfully has received and distributed child pornography under Section 2255 and financially benefitted from sex trafficking under Section 1595.
In the landmark copyright action, Ferrick, et al. v. Spotify USA, Pachman was an integral part of a trial team that secured a settlement valued at more than $100 million dollars, including a $43.45 million cash settlement fund and an agreement to pay future royalties to settle a class-action lawsuit with Spotify brought on behalf of music copyright owners. This case made national news, receiving press from Billboard, Forbes, and Reuters.
Pachman was also part of a team that secured a $40 million settlement for a class of derivatives traders in Timber Hill v. Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., et al. Timber Hill alleged Defendants violated federal securities laws through their illicit insider trading and front-running scheme that damaged Timber Hill and other investors by artificially deflating the value of options and equity forwards traded by Timber Hill and Class Members. This is the largest ever stand-alone options settlement and the largest ever Section 20A options settlement.
For these wins and more, Pachman has been recognized by the nation’s leading legal publications. Lawdragon recognized her on both their 500X list – a compilation of the “next generation of leading lawyers” (2023, 2024, 2025) and among its top 500 Leading Litigators (2023 – 2026).
Prior to joining Susman Godfrey, Pachman served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Philip S. Gutierrez in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.