Education
- Fordham University School of Law (J.D.)
- Brandeis University (B.A., magna cum laude)
- Yale School of Public Health (M.P.H.)
Admissions
- New York
- New Jersey
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
Representative Trade Secret Litigation Matters
- First chaired preliminary injunction hearing, defending individual accused of trade secret misappropriation under federal and state law. Admissions secured by Wendy during cross-examination at the hearing led alleged trade secret owner to voluntarily dismiss the case days later and withdraw its motion for a preliminary injunction.
- Secured dismissal with prejudice of an action alleging that Wendy’s client unfairly competed with a nonparty by misappropriating alleged trade secrets.
- Secured temporary restraining order on behalf of a trade secret owner to prevent the imminent disclosure of its trade secrets to the public.
- Member of trial team in case brought on behalf of a trade secret owner in New York district court. Second Circuit later affirmed jury verdict of trade secret misappropriation and permanent injunction against future trade secret misappropriation.
- Secured emergent relief on behalf of a trade secret owner in case against former employees and new company set up by former employees.
- Invalidated information exchange patent under 35 U.S.C. § 101 on grounds that it claimed patent ineligible subject matter.
- Represented pharmaceutical company in “first to invent” battle involving more than forty (40) depositions across the United States and India including fifteen testifying subject matter experts.
- Secured affirmance from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit of a summary judgment that an entity did not infringe another’s patent and did not engage in false marking.
- Secured temporary restraining order on behalf of trademark owner to stop infringement of its trademark and cybersquatting.
- Argued in support of and executed ex parte seizure on behalf of trademark owner in counterfeiting case.
- Represented patent owners in litigation asserting patents in the air quality sensing and GPS spaces.
November 30, 2022
Lawline: Recent Trends in Defend Trade Secrets Act Litigation
November 15, 2022
The IP Strategy Summit: East
January 13, 2022
Celesq: 101 Patent Eligibility Trends to Watch in the S.D.N.Y.
- New Jersey Super Lawyers - Rising Stars, Intellectual Property Litigation (2016)
- Federal Bar Association, Southern District of New York Chapter, President (2022-present)
- New York Minutes, Editor (2015-2019)
- The IP Legal Browser, Editor (2019)
- Fordham University School of Law, Adjunct Professor (2019-2020); Guest Lecturer (2022)