With keen insight into emerging industries, Kevin J. O'Brien from Alto Litigation has significant experience in the sectors of biotech, clean energy, and fintech. His portfolio of clients includes inventors, high net worth individuals, and startups, while his practice is focused on trade secrets, antitrust, and restrictive covenants. O’Brien’s service offering encompasses all phases of litigation, from arbitration to trial.
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San Francisco Elite

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Partner

Career

Kevin has successfully represented clients in a wide range of complex commercial matters, including intellectual property litigation, antitrust, unfair competition, and complex commercial disputes.  Litigating cases from inception through trial, Kevin has represented clients across an array of industries and technical fields, including biotech, clean energy, financial services and telecommunications.  Many of these disputes were valued from hundreds of millions to billions of dollars.

Before joining Alto Litigation, Kevin was Counsel at WilmerHale LLP in Palo Alto.  He also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard G. Andrews of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

Memberships

Member, State Bar of California

Admissions: United States District Court for the Northern District of California; United States District Court for the Central District of California; United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Education

University of California, Hastings College of the Law
(J.D., summa cum laude, 2011)
Symposium Editor, Hastings Law Journal

University of California, Santa Barbara
(B.A., 2007)
English Literature

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