Bryan Wilson is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group, and leads the litigation department in the firm’s Palo Alto office. Mr. Wilson is a first-chair trial lawyer with an expansive range of experience handling intellectual property matters in a variety of venues. His successful track record in recent years includes trade secrets and patent cases in both state and federal courts. Mr. Wilson is also active in pre-litigation and adversarial licensing counseling for clients hoping to avoid, or prepare for, litigation.
Mr. Wilson’s jury trials include Hansen Medical, Inc. v. Luna Innovations, Inc.,tried in Santa Clara County Superior Court and resulting in a $36 million trade secret and breach-of-contract verdict in favor of Hansen Medical.
Mr. Wilson also has extensive experience in arbitration proceedings with JAMS/Endispute, the American Arbitration Association and private arbitration proceedings, including the arbitration of business disputes and trade secret matters.
Mr. Wilson also maintains an active pro bono practice, having handled matters for groups including the Mono Lake Committee, Peninsula Open Space Trust, and Tuolumne River Trust. Prior to law school, Mr. Wilson worked for the Save San Francisco Bay Association and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In 2012 and 2013, Legal 500 US recommended Mr. Wilson as a leading attorney for trade secrets, describing him as “‘a very smart, thoughtful attorney,’ who is ‘courteous and assertive in trial.’”