Lawyers

Rebecca Cain is an attorney in the Phoenix office of Gordon & Rees and is a member of the Commercial Litigation, Retail & Hospitality, Trucking & Transportation, Employment, and Class Action practice groups.

Ms. Cain’s experience in litigation management and practical problem solving allows clients to focus on what’s important: running their business. Her trial experience and background in accounting and business provide her insight into the difficult challenges clients face when dealing with litigation. Ms. Cain draws on this experience to work with clients to implement a litigation strategy that supports their business objectives and needs.

She is committed to delivering personalized results, handles all stages of litigation and has significant experience and success in the following areas:

• Early case assessment, including identifying issues and evaluating likely outcomes
• Simplifying complex factual and legal issues for presentation to judge or jury
• Developing comprehensive, yet efficient, discovery plans
• Mediation and settlement negotiations
• Trials to the court, to a jury, or to arbitrators
• Defense of class actions at both the pre- and post-certification stages, including successfully advocating for class decertification

Admissions

Arizona
U.S. District Court, District of Arizona

Memberships

Arizona Association of Defense Counsel
American Bar Association
Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest

• Board of Directors, 2010-2012

Arizona Women Lawyer’s Association
Defense Research Institute

• Women in the Law Committee
• Trucking Law Committee
• Retail and Hospitality Committee

Liberty Project

• Co-Founder

Maricopa County Bar Association

Community Involvement

Liberty Project

• Co-Founder

• Obtained order decertifying nationwide class of more than 80,000 drivers in defense of nationwide motor carrier on claim that carrier had miscalculated driver pay in breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
• Obtained largest punitive damages award in Arizona in 2014 in personal injury case for emotional distress.
• Obtained third highest jury verdict in Arizona in 2014 in personal injury case for emotional distress.
• Successfully negotiated favorable settlement on hospitality client’s counterclaim where plaintiff had claimed multimillion dollar damages for breach of contract.
• Won a highly favorable jury defense verdict for a Fortune 500 client after a three-week trial on claims for breach of contract and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
• Successfully defended a breach of contract action arising from a partnership dissolution where, after a week-long trial, the jury awarded only 10 percent of the plaintiff’s claimed damages, and the jury’s damage award was later thrown out by the court on a defense motion.
• Won dismissal with prejudice on a motion to dismiss in a securities fraud case alleging multi-million dollar damages.
• Negotiated a favorable settlement on behalf of a national telecommunication company in a breach of contract dispute involving claims of fraud and conspiracy.

Publications

• Co-author, Supreme Court to Address Social Media and the First Amendment, Maricopa Lawyer, October 2014
• Co-author, Keeping Your Secrets, Secret, AZ Business Leaders, May 2013
• Co-author, Choice of Law and the Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing, DRI, February 2013
• Court of Appeals Decision Casts Doubt on Development Incentives, Arizona Municipal Risk Retention Risk Review, Spring 2009
• Court Ruling Limits Concept of Governmental Immunity, Arizona Municipal Risk Retention Risk Review, 2009