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Brandon Brown

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Brandon Brown is a trial lawyer, with particular experience in high-tech patent, trade secret, and copyright intellectual property litigation in U.S. Federal Courts and at the International Trade Commission. Brandon has successfully led and managed trial teams to jury and bench trial victories and is routinely recognized for his work in high-profile intellectual property matters. American Lawyer has twice named Brandon and his team “Litigators of the Week” for securing multi-hundred-million trial verdicts, highlighting Brandon’s ability to “adeptly present complex technical information” to a jury. The Legal 500 praised Brandon as a “rising star in IP litigation,” highlighting his “very smooth demeanor” and “excellent ability to question witnesses in the courtroom.” Clients have praised his “extremely sophisticated approach and strategy” to pre-trial and trial strategy, while others described him as an “excellent strategist, writer, and oral advocate.” The Recorder honored Brandon as one of its “Lawyers on the Fast Track,” awarded to lawyers under forty. Super Lawyers also lists Brandon as a “Rising Star” and Benchmark Litigation lists Brandon as a “Future Star.”
Brandon brings a strong technical background with him into the courtroom, which includes both academic and professional experience as a computer scientist. In addition to his time in the court, Brandon leverages his legal and technical experience to provide strategic counseling to a number of high-profile clients and matters.
Apart from his law practice, Brandon maintains active involvement and leadership with several non-profit organizations. Brandon currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board for Habitat for Humanity, Greater San Francisco, where he helps guide the organization in its mission to build homes for the next generation of Bay Area residents. Prior to joining Habitat, Brandon served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Youth Leadership Institute, which fosters youth engagement in civic action and trains non-traditional young leaders through hands-on advocacy in their communities and schools. Brandon also volunteers with the Bay Area and Silicon Valley Urban Debate Leagues, which work with local public schools to create debate programs for youth to find their voice, argue issues important to their community, all while receiving mentorship from professionals in their communities.
Brandon also serves as Co-Chair of Kirkland’s Recruiting Committee for its Bay Area offices.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
(Next Generation Partners)The team at Kirkland & Ellis LLP is distinguished by its trial readiness and strong track record in patent litigation across all major venues, including US district courts, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuits, the PTAB and the ITC. The practice is chosen for high-stakes competitor cases and recently worked on the largest defence-side patent win in US history for its client Samsung. Gregory Arovas represents plaintiffs and defendants in high-profile cases in New York. Seasoned litigator Gregg LoCascio, based in Washington DC, regularly acts as lead counsel on high-stakes IP disputes. Adam Alper, from the Bay Area, focuses on competitor cases in the telecommunications, computer hardware and pharmaceutical industries. In Los Angeles, Michael De Vries consistently achieves victories in both plaintiff and defence-side patent litigation. Other key practitioners include Chicago-based James Hurst, a seasoned trial lawyer, and Robert Appleby, based in New York, who focuses on patents and trade secret cases in state and federal courts. Additionally, further expertise can be found on the West Coast: Brandon Brown a specialist in high-tech patents, is also based in the Bay Area, while Sharre Lotfollahi, located in Los Angeles, concentrates on patents related to semiconductors, microprocessors and medical devices.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners United States > Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Patents: litigation (full coverage) United States > Intellectual property
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Government > State attorneys general
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- International trade and national security > National Security
- Finance > Project finance
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Government > Government relations