Rebecca Edelson
Rebecca (Bec) Edelson leads her firm’s trade secret practice. She is a seasoned litigator; she handles all phases of state and federal litigation, including pre-trial development, injunction proceedings, discovery and motion practice, trials, writs and appeals. Her clients value her ability to see the big picture, hone in on the strategic options, and then focus on the best path to achieve the desired outcome. Bec also counsels clients on how to protect their intellectual property and how to minimize the risk of litigation.
Bec has unmistakable expertise in the trade secrets arena. She “wrote the book” on trade secrets -- she is co-editor and co-author of the treatise, Trade Secret Litigation and Protection in California, published by the State Bar of California, as well as its 2017 supplement on the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA). She also contributed to a handbook on trade secret litigation in the United States created for the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China.
Bec served from 2015-2016 on the Board of Directors for the Century City Chamber of Commerce. She also served as the 2004-2005 Chair of the Executive Committee of the Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar of California, and is former Chair of its Trade Secrets Subcommittee.
James D. McNairy
Jim leads his firm’s Trade Secrets and Employee Mobility practice. Jim specializes in the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, including matters involving trade secrets, non-compete, computer fraud, unfair competition, and related business tort claims. He has represented Fortune 500 companies in some of their most challenging and significant engagements in these areas. He also provides advice to clients concerning best practices for protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights and addressing restrictive covenants in employment-related agreements and business transactions.
Robert Brian Milligan
Robert Milligan co-chairs Seyfarth Shaw’s Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes practice group. His practice primarily focuses on trade secret, non-compete, and data theft/protection litigation, investigations, and transactional work on a state, national, and international platform. Robert represents multinational companies in a variety of key industries in trade secrets and restrictive covenant litigation and routinely provides valuable transactional advice on how to best protect valuable intellectual property assets in significant business transactions. He is a recognized national leader in trade secrets law serving on the prestigious Sedona Conference for Trade Secrets Working Group and serving as Chair of the State Bar of California Trade Secrets Interest Group. He previously served in similar positions for the ABA and ITechLaw.
Clients frequently turn to Robert for his practical and effective advice to address their trade secret and non-compete issues, including conducting internal investigations, trade secret audits, and drafting relevant agreements and policies. He has successfully obtained and defeated temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions, and permanent injunctions involving trade secret and restrictive covenant matters throughout the country and prepared national restrictive covenant agreements/policies for many Fortune 50 companies. He has created innovative eLearning training platforms for companies seeking to protect their trade secrets and automated trade secret protection agreements. He uses innovative approaches with computer forensics to assist clients to avoid disputes, aid investigations, and leverage helpful evidence for contested matters. He frequently also works with corporate counsel on significant business deals to address delicate trade secret, key employee, and restrictive covenant issues that often drive the deal valuation.