Brooks Beard has a trial and appellate litigation practice focusing on intellectual property (patent, trademark, and trade secrets), false advertising, and environmental litigation matters. He also provides counseling and litigation advice on issues surrounding false or deceptive advertising allegations regarding environmental or "green" marketing claims relating to consumer products and services. His clients have come from a wide range of industries, including Internet technologies, consumer products, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, financial services, food products, restaurants, and mining.
Mr. Beard sits on the Steering Committee for Morrison & Foerster's Cleantech Practice Group. He also serves on the Council of Legal Advisors and the Eco-Entrepreneurship Advisory Council at the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, the latter of which "guides, supports, and promotes eco-entrepreneurship education at the Bren School, and serves as the primary conduit between the school and the entrepreneurial and investor communities."
In October 2007, then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed Mr. Beard to serve as a Commissioner on the San Francisco Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Board. He was sworn in as a Commissioner in January 2008.
Mr. Beard's peers rate him AV Preeminent in The Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings.