Adam Gershenson

Adam is co-chair of Cooley’s issues & appeals group. He is an established courtroom lawyer who helps companies win trade secret disputes, class actions, arbitrations and complex cases. At trial and on appeal, Adam has successfully represented clients in bet-the-company matters involving unfair competition, false advertising, patents, trademarks and trade secrets. In his appellate practice, Adam has represented clients at the US Supreme Court, multiple state Supreme Courts, the International Trade Commission and circuit courts, including the Federal Circuit. He has secured significant victories in national and international cases concerning theft, hacking, breaches of contract and constitutional rights, and he has been recognized multiple times in The American Lawyer’s Litigator of the Week column. As a trusted adviser, Adam has designed programs to protect the most valuable confidential information of some of the world’s most sophisticated companies. He is co-chair of the American Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section’s Joint Task Force on Model Trade Secret Practice and recognized as a key lawyer in Cooley’s trade secret practice by The Legal 500.

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