Nancy J. Sandoval

Overview

Nancy J. Sandoval practices in the areas of civil litigation, insolvency litigation, and criminal defense. She has experience with arbitration, preparing for trial, and negotiating and settling business disputes. She has also represented clients during federal criminal investigations.

While at BKLW, Ms. Sandoval helped secure a multi-million dollar verdict in a personal injury case and a record $280 million settlement in a qui tam action that was the second largest recovery ever recorded in a non-intervened case brought under the federal False Claims Act.  She also defended a prominent estate planning attorney, which resulted in the dismissal on the eve of trial of a $600 million legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, and RICO case.  She has also represented a client charged with felony dependent adult abuse (which resulted in a dismissal of the charge), a company in a trade secret dispute involving the development and distribution of a biopharmaceutical product, and employees in a criminal investigation involving government contracts.

Nancy is a member of the Orange County Bar Association and the San Diego County Bar Association. From 2016-2017, she served on the Young Lawyer’s Division Community Outreach Committee, where she assisted in planning and participating in numerous community volunteer events in Orange County. In 2018, Nancy was a panelist in the Diverse Women in the Law Panel presented by the Chapman Women Lawyers Association.

Spanish was Nancy’s first language, and she remains fluent. She enjoys volunteering at citizenship fairs through the Public Law Center and other local organizations.

Nancy earned her law degree from Chapman University, Dale E. Fowler School of Law in 2014. While in law school, she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Chapman Law Review and published Disabled Yet Disqualified: Is it “Unreasonable” to Demand Accommodations for Employees with Depression Under the Americans with Disabilities Act?, 17 Chap. L. Rev. 687 (2014). Nancy was an extern to the Honorable David O. Carter of the United States District Court and to the Honorable Theodor C. Albert of the United States Bankruptcy Court. She earned her bachelor’s degree in French Cultural Studies from Wellesley College.