Thomas e Wallerstein

Background

About Thomas e Wallerstein

Tom is a well-known Bay Area trial lawyer whose practice focuses on high-stakes litigation, including trade secrets, non-competes, and other employment litigation; intellectual property disputes; partnership, founder and stock / equity disputes; and other complex commercial litigation. Tom routinely appears in court and has first-chair trial experience in state and federal courts in California, Delaware, and elsewhere. Tom quite literally helped "write the book" on trade secrets: Obtained dismissal with prejudice in federal court of trade secret misappropriation claims in excess of $50 million on behalf of software company Defended in federal court against claims for more than $200 million under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), resulting in one of the first published opinions on the Act's ex parte seizure provision Defended a $40 million computer hardware and software contract claim in California Superior Court Defended an industry association in an antitrust matter in federal court Defended a pharmaceutical company against claims of breach of duty with an amount at stake in the hundreds of millions Defended a computer software and hardware manufacturer in a $14 million contract dispute Defeated an emergency injunction request and served as lead trial counsel in a partnership dispute in Delaware Chancery Court Served as lead trial counsel in a five-week trial in California state court related to a partnership dispute Represented an individual whose product design led to a $1 billion acquisition of his former startup Obtained an injunction prohibiting the enforcement of an out-of-state non-compete agreements Obtained favorable settlements and dismissals in representing the city of Philadelphia, its mayor, and chief of police Won a bench trial concerning marital agreement in which the amount at stake exceeded $150 million