Bartko Ranked No. 3 out of Top 100 Verdicts in the United States

Bartko ranked Number 3 in the Top 100 Verdicts for 2018 published by The National Law Journal (June, 2019) and had the highest ranked intellectual property victory in the United States for 2018. In November 2018, with a final un-appealed […]

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Bartko is Pleased to Announce That Business Litigation Attorney, Sean McTigue, is now a Principal of the Firm

“This is well-deserved given Sean’s enormous contributions of skill and time, as well as successful client development.  Sean’s progress as a lawyer is an inspiration to all as we continue to grow and achieve even greater success,” said managing shareholder […]

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Bartko Attorneys Prepare Food for the Needy

On April 15, 2019, five attorneys from Bartko – Jayne Laiprasert, Gabriella Wilkins, Ben Riley, Rishi Gupta, and Steve Steinberg – volunteered as part of a larger group from the Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL) Northern California chapter to […]

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Ben Riley Ranked By Chambers Among Top 12 Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secret Litigators in California

April 2019 In their 2019 rankings of lawyers around the world, Chamber identified Ben Riley as one of the 12 top litigators in California in the category of Intellectual Property Litigation:  Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets. For 30 years, the […]

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Ben Riley Selected Among America’s Top 100 High-Stakes Litigators (Northern California)

February 5, 2019 Bartko principal Ben Riley was recently selected among America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® for 2019 for Northern California. Selection to America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® is by invitation only and is reserved to identify the nation’s most […]

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Bartko Firm Wins Big Antitrust Fee Dispute

January 14, 2019 – Rob Bunzel and Chuck Miller scored a victory (again) for highly regarded San Francisco antitrust lawyer Joe Saveri and his firm, when the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s judgment that Mr. Saveri’s firm does not […]

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Bartko Litigation Team Wins $223+ Million Victory for ASML in Theft of Trade Secrets, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, and Computer Fraud Case Against XTAL, Inc.

On the evening of November 28, 2018, a jury in Santa Clara Superior Court returned a verdict in favor of ASML on all of its five claims against XTAL, awarding $223 million on the trade secrets claim, $135 million for […]

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Rob Bunzel Publishes Article in the San Francisco Daily Journal on Important Lessons from Louis Nizer’s 1966 Memoir “The Jury Returns”

San Francisco lawyer’s lawyer Bill Edlund (Pillsbury Madison & Sutro 1956-1999 and Bartko Bunzel & Miller 1999-2016) died on Christmas Eve two years ago.  Bill’s daughter Cami gave our firm his legal library collected over 60+ years.  The collection contains […]

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Ben Riley’s article on “How Not To Regret Your Direct: Exploring The Human Story” was recently selected as a Best of ABA Sections: Litigation

To avoid regret after direct examination, listen to the witness, get to know the witness, and weave your examination around his or her human story – the interesting and unique aspects of the witness that best highlight and teach about […]

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The Lost Maidens of Berlin

June 2018 Smithsonian Magazine – In the final months of the 19th century, a German sculptor named Walter Schott began drawing up plans for a massive work he hoped would represent the pinnacle of his 15-year career. Cast in bronze, […]

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