I am an experienced Silicon Valley attorney specializing in intellectual property and corporate law counseling and litigation. * As a litigator, I have a long list of litigation wins, including judgments against Nike (trademark) and Advanced Micro Devices (breach of confidentiality). *Trade Secrets. I successfully obtained an evidence preservation order against an IP attorney where my client alleged that the attorney and his firm were in wrongful possession of certain trade secrets, and also successfully persuaded the Court to order an independent forensics firm to mirror all client files. In another trade secret case, which was not defensible on liability, I prevailed by limiting the damages award to less than 2% of the compensatory damages claimed by the plaintiff.* I also litigate other complex business litigation matters, including founder disputes. In one major win in California, at summary judgment, I defeated multi-million dollar equity ownership claims in a successful Silicon Valley company, which claims were made by a well-known entrepreneur. In New York, I defeated a $10 million ownership claim brought by an alleged co-founder of a social technology company. *I have also prevailed in other bet-the-business litigation, such as an appeals court win where I successfully argued that my client should not be bound by a contract provision that was held to be void as against public policy.As a complement to my litigation practice, and my devotion to work with my clients beyond one-off litigation matters, I am also an experienced general counsel to public and private technology companies. I presently act as outside general counsel to a wide variety of venture-backed tech companies, where I use my litigation and counseling experience to advise on a broad variety of corporate, IP and transactional matters.
Listed skills include Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Trade Secrets, Patent Litigation, and 16 others.