About Virginia K.
Virginia K. DeMarchi graduated from Stanford University in 1990 with an A.B. in Humanities and earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1993. Her academic path combined broad liberal-arts training and rigorous legal study. The chronology points to a conventional yet intense route into the practice of law.
She has built a practice centered on federal courts. She is admitted to the State of California bar and holds privileges to appear in multiple federal trial and appellate forums. The list includes the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Central and Eastern Districts of California, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the Federal Circuit, the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. That range of admissions signals work that spans trial litigation and appellate advocacy.
Her professional biography includes time at Fenwick & West LLP. At that firm she worked on matters that required courtroom presence and appellate briefing. Attorneys admitted to the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims often handle cases that involve complex federal statutes and appeals on specialized legal issues. DeMarchi’s court admissions indicate she has experience moving cases through trial-level proceedings and into higher courts when necessary.
Colleagues and opposing counsel encounter a lawyer familiar with the mechanics of federal litigation. She prepares pleadings, argues motions and participates in appellate briefing. She has handled matters in multiple districts, which requires attention to differing local rules and procedural variations. The ability to litigate in district courts and then present issues to appellate panels reflects a practice that bridges fact-intensive trial work and legal argument at a higher level.
Her education at Stanford and Harvard provided foundational skills in analysis and argument. Those skills are apparent in a career that involves federal filings and appellate submissions. Practitioners who appear before the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court typically engage in tightly focused legal argument, and DeMarchi’s admissions make that sort of engagement possible.
She currently practices at Fenwick & West LLP. Her current practice centers on federal litigation and appeals.
