Lawyers

BRIAN C. VANDERHOOF

Associate — Los Angeles

EXPERIENCE

Brian C. Vanderhoof is a senior associate in Ropers Majeski’s Intellectual Property Litigation Practice.  His practice focuses on business and intellectual property matters including disputes arising in the areas of copyright, trademark, patent litigation, misappropriation of trade secrets, defamation, unfair competition, contract and rights of publicity.  Mr. Vanderhoof is part of a seven attorney intellectual property litigation and trial team in Roper Majeski’s Los Angeles office.

Mr. Vanderhoof has significant federal and state courtroom experience with first and second chair trial experience in bench and jury trials.  He has significant experience in taking and defending depositions.  Mr. Vanderhoof has an extensive law-and-motion background which includes defending motions for preliminary and permanent injunctions, pursuing and defending summary judgment motions, prosecuting sanctions motions necessitated by his adversary’s discovery abuse, preparing pre-trial and trial submissions, and pursuing and defending post-trial motions for attorney’s fees.  He is also adept in all aspects of electronic discovery, having managed major electronic discovery projects involving millions of pages of documents.

Recent representative matters in which Mr. Vanderhoof has been involved include examining witnesses during a four week jury trial pertaining to claims of trademark infringement and misappropriation of trade secret; obtaining partial summary judgment on claims for copyright infringement; achieving a discovery sanctions award which shifted momentum in the client’s favor and ultimately caused a trademark and copyright infringement action to settle despite potential exposure in the multi-million dollar range; and successfully obtaining an order appointing a receiver in a partnership dispute.

In 2006, Mr. Vanderhoof earned his J.D. from The University of La Verne College of Law.  In 2000, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing Management from California Polytechnic University at Pomona.

Mr. Vanderhoof is admitted to practice in the federal and state courts in the states of California and Nevada.