Kirkland & Ellis LLP

The team at Kirkland & Ellis LLP regularly assists clients in complex trade secret matters, a noteworthy example being its continued representation of Motorola Solutions Inc. in the ongoing, cross-jurisdictional and high-value case regarding trademark, copyright and trade secret infringement. On the West Coast, Adam Alper works from San Francisco and has expertise handling multifaceted disputes involving patent, trade secret and copyright violations in industry sectors ranging from telecoms to pharmaceuticals. The San Francisco office was bolstered in August 2024 by the arrival of Laura Vartain Horn. Michael De Vries is a key name in Los Angeles who specializes in trials regarding the misuse of trade secrets. Key attorneys on the East Coast are Dale Cendali, Leslie Schmidt and Joshua Simmons in New York. Cendali has handled trade secrets disputes up to US Supreme Court level and Simmons is also a noteworthy litigator, particularly in the media and tech sectors, among others, while Schmidt has experience handling cases with international scope. In the same office, Claudia Ray offers pre-litigation advice across the range of IP work.