Lawyers

LAEL D. ANDARA

Partner — Redwood City

EXPERIENCE

Lael Andara is a partner in the Firm’s Silicon Valley Litigation practice, where he focuses on intellectual property litigation, patent analysis and counseling. Mr. Andara has broad experience litigating matters in state and federal courts throughout the United States. He also counsels both domestic and international clients on a wide variety of intellectual property and other litigation matters.  Mr. Andara’s jury trial and appellate experience includes patent and contract disputes.  Mr. Andara has argued Markman, summary judgment, and preliminary injunction hearings throughout the United States.  He has clients and is admitted to practice in New York, California, District of Columbia, Michigan, and Hong Kong.

Mr. Andara also advises clients regarding a wide variety of intellectual property matters, including IP portfolio management, IP litigation, IP enforcement and dispute counseling. Mr. Andara also has significant experience in multi-district litigation.

Mr. Andara has advised clients at various stages of development, and in a wide range of technologies, including semiconductors, industrial tools, furniture and design, electronic design automation, internet communications, and computer hardware and software.  Other areas of expertise include trade secret protection and management, international IP rights management, and identification and acquisition of IP of third parties. Representative clients include Best Buy, HCL Technologies, Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., Animatics Co., Antec, Inc., Jif-Pak Manufacturing, Lite-Source, Inc., Destiny Tools, Super Micro Computer, Inc., and Phenix Research Products.

Mr. Andara has earned a reputation with clients for managing complex cases efficiently and creatively. He prides himself on identifying and discovering the critical and concealed facts and then boiling them down to a form even the least technical juror could understand.  He has successfully navigated the issues that arise where a client is both asserting its patent rights and defending against charges of infringement.

Mr. Andara is currently a member of numerous organizations, including the American Bar Association (Sections of Intellectual Property Law), the American Intellectual Property Law Association (Patent Law and Trade Secrets Committees), New York Bar Association, San Mateo County Bar and the Federal Circuit.