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Sonal Mehta

Sonal Mehta

Sonal N. Mehta is a trial lawyer representing many of the world’s leading technology and life sciences companies in high-stakes patent and technology disputes across a wide range of industries. Ms. Mehta has nearly 20 years of experience across all aspects of trial and appellate practice, including federal jury trials, state court jury and bench trials, International Trade Commission investigations, international arbitrations, and appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the California appellate courts. Outside of the courtroom, Ms. Mehta is an Executive Committee and Board member—and past president—of the Federal Circuit Bar Association, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Northern District of California’s Practice Program and on the Northern District of California’s Patent Local Rules Attorney Advisory Committee. In 2019, she was selected for a three-year term as a lawyer representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Council. Ms. Mehta regularly presents programs on patent litigation at Federal Judicial Center workshops for federal district and magistrate judges, and is a frequent speaker on patent litigation topics. Ms. Mehta has a special interest in training and mentoring the next generation of trial lawyers. Since 2011, Ms. Mehta has taught Patent Litigation at her alma mater UC Berkeley School of Law. She regularly serves as guest faculty for the Stanford Trial Advocacy Clinic and for litigation practice courses at Berkeley School of Law. Prior to joining WilmerHale, Ms. Mehta was a partner at another large international law firm, where she built her practice representing major technology sector companies in high-stakes patent litigation at the trial and appellate levels. She then joined a litigation boutique firm based in San Francisco, where she continued to serve as lead counsel for leading technology and life sciences clients in patent and commercial litigation matters.  
Andrew Shipley

Andrew Shipley

Ranked by both Chambers USA and The Legal 500, and twice named a Law360 MVP for Government Contracts, Andrew Shipley is widely regarded as a leading government contracts litigator with a reputation for creative lawyering and outstanding written and oral advocacy. On multiple occasions, his client wins were described in the legal press as among the most significant government contract cases of the year because of the novel legal theories he crafted. He served for several years on the American Bar Association's (ABA) Federal Practice Task Force where he focused on revising the discovery rules in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The ABA also appointed Andrew to serve as the co-chair for its annual Federal Procurement Institute, its most important government contracts conference, and selected him to co-author its treatise on bid protests. He also won the prestigious Burton Award for Legal Writing on “Remove Your Case to Federal Court: Lesser Known Options,” which appeared in the ABA Section of Litigation’s flagship journal, Litigation. Prior to his return to private practice in 2012, Andrew led an in-house litigation group for a multinational defense contractor and was responsible for a wide variety of litigation and had cognizance over matters pending at the ASBCA and the Court of Federal Claims. Andrew currently supports diverse clients in government contract disputes, including federal court litigation, board of contract appeals litigation, bid protests and other contested proceedings, and is a go-to litigator for a number of top-tier contractors.