Ivy Arai Tabbara joined the firm in 2026 as counsel. She was drawn to the firm by the opportunity to return to plaintiff-side litigation and take on innovative, groundbreaking cases that can make a difference.
Ivy brings a fresh, collaborative energy to her work and enjoys digging into complex facts, developing creative legal strategies, and working with teams to “fight the good fight” on behalf of clients. At the firm, she works across complex class actions and other high-stakes litigation, including matters at the intersection of antitrust, technology, artificial intelligence, and intellectual property.
Ivy is a plaintiff-side litigator and legal leader with 20+ years of practice across nationwide class actions, complex investigations, and emerging technology. She brings complementary in-house expertise in fintech, data governance, and AI/tech product counseling, with a strong record of mastering complex systems, building persuasive legal narratives, and driving high-impact cases from early investigation through resolution. Her practice is grounded in curiosity, practical judgment, and a belief that solid legal work combines rigorous analysis with a clear understanding of real-world consequences behind a case.
Before joining the firm, Ivy served as an advisor to LexText AI (Seattle) where she helped shape AI product strategy for litigation-focused AI workflows. Previously, she was Head of Legal at Tally Technologies, Inc. (San Francisco), where her wide-ranging duties included advising and supporting senior management on diverse legal matters, providing product & regulatory counsel, leading litigation and investigations, and overseeing internal compliance, policies, and procedures.
Prior to these positions, Ivy was a partner at the plaintiff-side international class action firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP. During her 15+ years there, she managed every aspect of cases across a portfolio of practice areas including consumer protection, product liability, antitrust, healthcare, employment, fraud, IP, and environmental, representing and advising wide-ranging clients on litigation strategy.
Ivy has also served as a business and legal consultant for Densho (Seattle), where she advised the executive director on nonprofit governance, compliance, technology policy, and fund development for the organization’s use of digital platforms to preserve, share, and document Japanese American incarceration stories from World War II. She authored “The Silent Significant Minority: Japanese-American Women, Evacuation, and Internment During World War II” in Women and War in the Twentieth Century: Enlisted With or Without Consent. She currently serves as secretary of Densho’s executive committee, chair of its governance committee and a member of its board of trustees.
Previously, Ivy volunteered with the Federal Bar Association Civil Rights Clinic for 10+ years, counseling pro se litigants on federal issues. She has also served as a trustee and member of the Federal Bar Association of the Western District of Washington..