Adam Gershenson
USA Guide 2023
Band 3 : Litigation: General Commercial
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About
Provided by Adam Gershenson
Practice Areas
Adam is co-chair of Cooley’s issues & appeals group. At trial and on appeal, he is an established courtroom lawyer who helps clients win bet-the-company cases. Adam has secured victories in national and international disputes involving unfair competition, breaches of contract, false advertising, patents, trademarks and trade secrets. In his appellate practice, he has represented clients at the US Supreme Court, multiple state Supreme Courts, the International Trade Commission and circuit courts, including the Federal Circuit. Adam has been recognized multiple times in The American Lawyer’s Litigator of the Week column. As a trusted adviser, Adam has designed programs to protect the most valuable confidential information of some of the world’s most sophisticated companies. He is co-chair of the American Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section’s Joint Task Force on Model Trade Secret Practice.
Career
Adam used to write stories for The New York Times. Now he tells stories to judges and juries. He has used his writing background to draft dozens of winning briefs for trial and appellate courts, including the Supreme Court. Before entering private practice, Adam clerked for Judge Dorothy W. Nelson of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.