Practices

Trials

Why Cooley

Recognized as one of the top litigation firms in the world by Chambers, Legal 500 and Benchmark Litigation, our litigation department is led by first-chair trial lawyers. Our lawyers represent leading global companies and executives in trials that have major implications on their businesses, including bet-the-company cases, defense of intellectual property rights pivotal to our clients' business models, and complex white-collar trials.

In the courtroom

We have litigated before judges in more than 80 federal and state venues throughout the US and arbitral panels, including the US Supreme Court, the US Courts of Appeals, the International Trade Commission and courts in nearly all 50 states. Our trial teams draw upon the experience of lawyers with decades of first-chair trial experience as well as more than 50 former judicial clerks and litigation support professionals with deep discovery and case management experience.

We approach every case as if it will go to trial, while working closely with our clients to press opponents into acquiescing to our arguments throughout the case. With the uncertainty that a trial brings, most clients would prefer to settle a case, and our reputation as trial lawyers has led to very favorable settlements on the courthouse steps, giving our clients a competitive edge.

We win

We report high-profile victories on a regular basis. Recent trials include:   

  • Jury verdicts in two separate unrelated trials invalidating the patents-in-suit in cases brought against a popular social media company
  • Secured a multi-billion dollar victory for a Fortune 500 life sciences company in a "bet the company" arbitration against competitor involving exclusive rights to a breakthrough Hepatitis C drug
  • Complete defense verdict for an ecommerce company in a case filed by competitor who sought a permanent injunction and over $100M in damages; also won attorneys' fees award of $2.2M
  • Defense verdict in a patent infringement suit in the Eastern District of Texas against the largest online printing companies in North America
  • Rejection of breach of license agreement claims against a next-generation mobile technologies leader in arbitration
  • Convinced Federal Circuit to affirm an ITC trial win for a video game company in a Section 337 investigation targeting one of its most successful products, the Wii console
  • Jury verdict validating patent infringement claims and award of damages for a modular computing, rack and blade server inventor adverse to an industry titan
  • Settled a bet-the-company litigation favorably shortly after the completion of trial in the Delaware Chancery Court for a life sciences company in a contract dispute arising out of a collaboration agreement with a partner to develop aesthetic products.
  • Decision finding on all counts for the owner of a fleet of 80+ mobile catering trucks in an employee classification suit and granting attorneys' fees and costs
  • Dismissal of a real estate dispute involving a parcel of 45+ acres of rare, undeveloped, beachfront property worth in excess of $50 million