Lawyers

THOMAS M. O'LEARY

Partner — Los Angeles

EXPERIENCE

Thomas M. O’Leary is a partner in the Los Angeles office. His practice focuses on the defense of intellectual property litigation involving trademarks, copyrights, trade name and patent infringement actions. Additional casework involves misappropriation of likeness litigation and trade secret violation actions. Other representative cases include actions involving right to perform under former rock band name; model’s claim for misuse of likeness; corporate espionage/trade secret violations; and copyright infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Mr. O’Leary has tried fifteen cases to verdict.

Mr. O’Leary obtained his law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1986 after attending the Trinity College Institute of International and Comparative Law in Dublin, Ireland in 1984. He obtained his master’s degree from San Diego State University in 1983 and his bachelor’s degree from the University of La Verne in 1980. Mr. O'Leary was elected Mayor of the City of Covina twice during his ten year tenure on the City Council.