TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Wayne Dennison is a widely recognised trial lawyer at Brown Rudnick LLP, who often represents both individual and corporate clients. Dennison also has expertise in complex commercial litigation involving reputation management and leasing issues. Dennison is particularly active across the automotive, insurance and telecommunication industries, with respective clients including Clay Ventures, MIB Group and AT&T.
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Work Department
Brand and Reputation Management, Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Position
Partner
Career
Wayne Dennison is co-chair of Brown Rudnick’s Brand & Reputation Management team and a practice group leader of Brown Rudnick’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution team. He has a prominent trial practice representing both plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes litigation through jury trials and appeals.
Wayne regularly represents clients from Fortune 500 corporations, elected officials, A-list celebrities, rock stars and other high-net-worth individuals. He is perhaps best known as special trial counsel to Johnny Depp in his successful defamation litigation against former-wife Amber Heard, and for the cross-examinations he conducted.
In addition to his brand and reputation management practice, Wayne represents clients across a broad range of industries, including technology, life science, health care, sporting goods and real estate in a wide variety of litigation and related matters.
Wayne began his legal career at Reebok, where he was responsible for the comprehensive review of Reebok's endorsement deals with entertainers and sport stars ranging from Paula Abdul to Greg Norman, as well as talent auditions and performer contracts for a national television advertising campaign.
Wayne is regularly sought out as a commentator to discuss litigation issues in the media.
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Key clients
- Clay Ventures
- MIB Group
- AT&T
Work highlights
Represented Clay Ventures, a third-generation family of automobile dealers, in a victorious three-week jury trial in a multimillion dollar valuation fight over real estate assets sold to an acquiring auto group.
Represented MIB Group in an earn out dispute of $11 million. MIB Group was acquired by Paperless Solutions Group (PSG) with the Delaware Superior Court dismissing the claims asserted by PSG in its amended complaint.
Represented AT&T, a Fortune 500 company, in reviewing, submitting and prosecuting applications, including but not exclusive to reviewing zoning codes, federal and state laws and regulations, environmental reports.