Garland v. Duane Morris, LLP
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MEAGAN GARLAND, Case No. 24-cv-04639-HSG
Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
TRANSFER VENUE
v. Re: Dkt. No. 10 DUANE MORRIS, LLP, et al., Defendants.
12 Pending before the Court is Defendant Duane Morris, LLP’s motion to transfer venue, Dkt. No. 10. The Court finds this matter appropriate for disposition without oral argument and the matter is deemed submitted. See Civil L.R. 7-1(b). The Court GRANTS the motion. I. BACKGROUND Meaghan Garland (“Plaintiff”) is an attorney residing in San Diego County. See Dkt. No. 1 (“Compl.”) ¶ 8. She works in the San Diego office of international law firm Duane Morris, LLP (“Defendant”). Id. The firm promoted her to non-equity partner in 2021. Id. ¶ 23. In July 2024, Plaintiff filed a putative class action complaint in this Court against Defendant and Tax Accounting Group, a CPA group affiliated with Defendant. See Compl. ¶¶ 1–2, 7. The complaint alleges that Defendant…