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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. 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.

Representative Matters

  • A multi-million dollar jury verdict for an electrician injured by an arc flash on an offshore oil platform.
  • Prosecution of a qui tam action under the federal and state false claims act statutes arising from off-label label pharmaceutical marketing. After defeating the defendant’s summary judgment motion, the case settled on the eve of trial for $280 million, which at the time was the second largest settlement ever in a non-intervened FCA case.
  • Defense of a prominent estate planning attorney against breach of malpractice, fiduciary duty, fraud, and civil RICO claims brought by members of a wealthy and well-known Southern California family. The case involved numerous defendants, with the plaintiffs seeking nearly $600 million in damages.  The plaintiffs ultimately agreed to dismiss BKLW’s client from the case in exchange for a nuisance settlement. 
  • A dismissal of all charges after trial against BKLW’s client, a former employee of a substance abuse treatment facility, charged with second degree murder and dependent adult abuse when a client of the facility died. After a nearly four-week trial, Nancy and the BKLW team secured a jury vote of 10-2 in favor of acquittal, which led to the government dismissing the charges not only against BKLW’s client but against related co-defendants.
  • Representation of a company in a trade secret dispute involving the development and distribution of a biopharmaceutical product
  • Representation of employees in a criminal investigation involving government contracts