Victor J. Sandoval is Of Counsel at the Almeida Law Group.
Victor is a seasoned class action litigator with deep expertise in data privacy and security matters. Victor focuses on complex class actions arising under federal and state consumer protection and privacy laws such as the California Invasion of Privacy Act, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Video Privacy Protection Act, and the Children Online Privacy Protection Act. He is accredited as a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and has extensive experience advising clients on compliance with state and federal privacy laws.
As his name suggests, Victor loves to win cases. Nonetheless, Victor’s experience as both plaintiff and defense counsel in high-stakes data privacy and security litigation affords him the ability to not only serve as a formidable advocate in litigation but also as an effective negotiator when alternative resolution paths are preferred.
Before joining Almeida Law Group, Victor was a class and mass action litigation associate at “AmLaw” firms in New York and Los Angeles, where he litigated on both sides of the “v.” While working at these firms, Victor gained invaluable experience; some of his more memorable engagements include:
- Bringing cases on behalf of the Customs and Tax Administration for the Kingdom of Denmark in the $2.1 billion tax fraud multidistrict litigation and a consortium of southern California cities and water providers in state and multidistrict litigations against manufacturers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances;
- Involvement in bringing sex abuse cases against the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, which recently resulted in a settlement of $880M
- Litigating countless privacy cases for corporate clients.
Victor graduated from Columbia Law School with honors. While in law school, he externed for the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s Transportation, Energy, and Agriculture Section and Office of the Chief Legal Advisor. He was also a judicial intern for Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Carol B. Amon of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York and Judge Kenneth M. Karas of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. In privacy and advertising-related litigation, Victor also draws on his pre-law school experience in digital marketing analytics for large corporate clients.
