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Martin S. Schenker is a partner in the Cooley Litigation department. He joined the Firm in 1999 and is resident in the San Francisco office.
Mr. Schenker has extensive experience litigating a wide range of complex business, technology and utility industry disputes. Mr. Schenker has tried numerous cases, including the Pacific Gas and Electric Company bankruptcy plan confirmation trial and the landmark Advanced Micro Devices v. Intel arbitration.
Mr. Schenker's work includes representing:
- Qualcomm as trial counsel in its global patent licensing dispute with Nokia concerning Qualcomm's cellular communications technology. The case settled favorably for Qualcomm at the start of trial, resulting in a 15 year multi-billion dollar license agreement between Qualcomm and Nokia.
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company as trial counsel in its bankruptcy confirmation trial, widely believed to be one of the most complex confirmation proceedings in the history of the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts. The case concluded successfully with the confirmation of PG&E's bankruptcy plan, enabling PG&E to emerge from bankruptcy.
- PG&E as lead trial counsel in regulatory proceedings before the California Public Utilities Commission, and in multiple cases arising out of the California energy crisis.
- Natural Selection Foods in a wide range of matters, including a federal criminal investigation, class action litigation, and Congressional testimony, arising from a nationwide E.coli outbreak linked to fresh spinach.
- One of the country's largest managed care companies in nationwide class action litigation attacking HMO practices. We won dismissal of all claims against our client.
- A leading medical device manufacturer in a lawsuit, alleging trade secret misappropriation and fraudulent procurement of a patent.
- Numerous companies in corporate governance disputes, including a global telecommunications company in shareholder litigation involving the company's cellular telephone business in Russia.
Mr. Schenker recently testified as an expert witness on California contract law in an arbitration in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Mr. Schenker was selected for the 2006 through 2010 editions of The Best Lawyers in America.
Prior to joining Cooley, Mr. Schenker was a partner in the San Francisco office of Jackson Tufts Cole & Black LLP, where he practiced for more than 12 years. From 1983 to 1984, Mr. Schenker served as a law clerk to the Honorable Mariana R. Pfaelzer, U.S. District Court, Central District of California.
Mr. Schenker received his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1983. In 1979, he received a M.Sc. degree in Economics from the London School of Economics. He received a B.A., with highest honors, in 1978 from the University of California at Davis, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Prior to attending law school, Mr. Schenker worked as an economist in the Energy Policy Branch of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, where he received an award for his work on domestic energy policy.
Mr. Schenker is active in a number of charitable organizations. He is a past President of the Board of Directors of Jewish Vocational Services, a non-profit organization providing job training and employment counseling to persons facing barriers to employment.
Education- Harvard Law School
JD, 1983, Magna cum laude - The London School of Economics and Political Science
MS Economics, 1979 - University of California, Davis
BA, 1978, Highest honors, Phi Beta Kappa
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
Admissions
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Bar Association of San Francisco
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