Gretchen Freeman Cappio is a partner at Keller Rohrback L.L.P. Gretchen’s passion lies in achieving meaningful change through litigation.

Gretchen has played a key role in many of Keller Rohrback’s cutting edge cases including in the Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” case in which former Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller was appointed Special Master to supervise negotiations, Gretchen served on the Plaintiffs’ Settlement Team. She also served as a member of the Plaintiffs’ settlement team for In re Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep EcoDiesel, MDL 2777 (N.D. Cal.). Recently, she was appointed to the plaintiffs’ steering committees in In re: ZF-TRW Airbag Control Units Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2905 (C.D. Cal.), a complex case against several auto manufacturers regarding defective airbags, and Francis et al. v. General Motors LLC, No. 19-cv-11044 (E.D. Mich.), concerning defective vehicle transmissions.

Gretchen’s advocacy also extends to government clients in major public health cases. As part of the Keller Rohrback team working to hold opioid defendants accountable in the Opioids MDL 2084 (N.D. Ohio), Gretchen serves as the lead client contact for the fourth largest county in the country, and was a chief negotiator of the One Arizona Memorandum of Understanding to allocate millions in opioid settlement funds, signed by the state, all counties, and nearly all of the 90 cities and towns in Arizona. Similarly, in In re: EpiPen, MDL 2785 (D. Kan.) she has coordinated briefing and discovery, contributing to the certification of a nationwide RICO class.

Gretchen’s leadership and devotion to justice drive her legal work and personal time. Her colleagues at Keller Rohrback L.L.P. recognized these skills by electing her to the firm’s six-member Executive Committee, the third woman elected in the firm’s 100-plus year history. Gretchen is a founding board member of the Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association (MAMA), an organization supporting mothers in the legal profession, now with nine chapters across the United States. Gretchen is honored to serve the Global Justice Center as our new Board Chair.