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Angela M. Liu is a high-stakes securities litigation partner in the firm’s litigation practice group, where she focuses on securities class actions, derivative suits, M&A litigation, investigations, and corporate governance disputes.
Ms. Liu’s legal expertise, business acumen, and easy communication with boards of directors, C-suite executives, and all levels of employees comes from her broad experience across industries. She leverages her communication style and attention to detail, whether preparing a star witness for intensive testimony or distilling highly technical legalese and nuanced stories into persuasive, winning trial and appellate arguments in courts around the country.
Ms. Liu was recently listed in Chambers USA band 2 for securities litigation in 2024, where she was described as “a smart, capable and practical litigator.” She has also been recognized by Legal 500 for her outstanding work in M&A defense litigation and securities litigation, and Diversity Journal’s first-ever "Asian Leaders Worth Watching.” Ms. Liu was named a “Working Mother of the Year” in 2023 by Seramount (formerly Working Mother) for securing professional success while maintaining a sustainable work/life balance.
Over the past decade, Ms. Liu has also been on the front lines of high impact pro bono cases and has worked with the ACLU Voting Rights Project to challenge restrictive voting laws in Wisconsin, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee, and Arkansas. She has also addressed the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva and human rights mission in the Balkans with the Advocates for Human Rights.
Ms. Liu also meaningfully contributes to the legal community as co-chair of the firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, implementing firmwide initiatives supporting diversity and inclusion. She has also served as co-chair of the firm’s Asian Affinity Group and serves as a member of the firmwide Innovation and Hiring Committees. She is also a founding member of the Women in Securities Litigation Network.
Prior to joining Dechert, Ms. Liu clerked for the Honorable John R. Gibson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
An avid Tar Heel fan and alum, Ms. Liu serves on the UNC Law Foundation Board, the UNC Law Alumni Association Board, and as a partner to the Morehead-Cain Scholarship Foundation.
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- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., 2004, Highest Honors, Phi Beta Kappa, Morehead Scholar
- University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D., 2009, Editor in Chief of the North Carolina Journal of International Law & Commercial Regulation
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- New York
- Illinois
- Supreme Court of the United States
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- United States District Court for the District of Colorado
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- Board of Directors - UNC Law Foundation, Inc.
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity – 2018 Fellow
- Law Alumni Association Board Member – UNC School of Law
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- Planning Committee, ABA Judicial Division Bench & Bar Academy
- Law360's Securities Litigation Editorial Advisory Board (2020)
- Board of Directors - UNC Law Foundation, Inc.
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- United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Honorable John R. Gibson