Ms. Tullis assists companies and individuals with their business goals and interests, and regularly defends them in a variety of business-related litigation matters in state and federal courts.
Specifically, Ms. Tullis has represented financial institutions and businesses with commercial disputes, and defended them in consumer-related litigation and class actions alleging federal law claims, such as violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA); the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA); and the Securities Exchange Act, and state law claims, such as breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, conversion of negotiable instruments, price discrimination, and unfair trade practices.
Ms. Tullis is also a member of the Firm's State and Local Tax Group, advising clients in a broad array of tax issues and litigation. Her experience includes challenging state and local assessments, pursuing refund claims, and litigating constitutional questions in both state and federal courts and administrative proceedings. Ms. Tullis also assists clients with their payment in lieu of tax (PILOT) arrangements and helps clients maintain these PILOT programs to obtain tax credits and other economic development incentives.
Her practice is client-centric, and Ms. Tullis strives to meet any litigation needs of the company or business. Ms. Tullis has counseled hospitals and health care providers in credentialing and staffing disputes, HIPAA compliance and other regulatory issues. She also has trial experience in health care liability actions against hospitals. Additionally, Ms. Tullis regularly represents insurance companies in bad faith insurance defense matters and offers insurance coverage opinions and analysis. She also has represented governmental entities in a variety of litigation involving state and federal constitutional claims, employment discrimination claims, and governmental tort liability claims.
As a child of Chinese immigrants, Ms. Tullis is fluent in Cantonese.