J. Ryan Gilfoil works primarily with technology companies in a variety of sectors, including search engines, networking and operating system software, e-commerce fraud-screening services, and medical devices. Mr. Gilfoil has represented these companies as both plaintiffs and defendants in patent infringement suits, contract disputes, and other matters. Mr. Gilfoil has also represented the former CEO of a major technology company in stock options backdating lawsuits.
Mr. Gilfoil received his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) in 2006, where he was a member of the California Law Review and was named to the Order of the Coif.
Prior to attending law school, Mr. Gilfoil was an investment banker and a software engineer designing and building web applications.