Biography

Ms. Stano also maintains an active pro bono practice, with a focus on breach of contract and prisoners’ rights actions, and frequently co-authors articles relating to developments in federal and California state practices.
Ms. Stano graduated from Hamilton College magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Government and earned her J.D. cum laude from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, where she served as the Symposium Editor on the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, a team member on the Reform of Tanzanian Criminal Procedure Project under Professor Ronald J. Allen, a clinical student in the Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth at the Bluhm Legal Clinic, a judicial extern for the Honorable Young B. Kim of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and a research assistant to multiple professors. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Stano worked as a special education teacher in Chicago.
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Latest Thinking
- Class Actions 2021: United States Publication — Getting the Deal Through — By Stacy Nettleton, Eric S. Hochstadt, David R. Singh, Bambo Obaro, Luna Ngan Barrington, Matthew S. Connors, Harlan P. Rosenson and Audrey Elizabeth Stano — PDF — January 2021
- The National Labor Relations Board Upholds Implementing Class Waivers in Response to Class Claims Publication — By David R. Singh and Audrey Elizabeth Stano — September 30, 2019
- En Banc Ninth Circuit Grants Nationwide Class Action Settlements a Lifeline Alert — Class Action Monitor — By David R. Singh, Audrey Elizabeth Stano and Neeckaun Irani — PDF — June 26, 2019
- The Supreme Court Rules on Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela Alert — Class Action Monitor — By David R. Singh, Audrey Elizabeth Stano and Neeckaun Irani — PDF — April 26, 2019
- The Supreme Court Revisits Class Arbitration Yet Again – Varela v. Lamps Plus, Inc. and New Prime, Inc. v. Oliveira Alert — Class Action Monitor — By David R. Singh and Audrey Elizabeth Stano — December 07, 2018