A formidable commercial litigator with extensive trial experience, Lisa S. Glasser serves in a leadership role as vice chair of the Litigation practice group and as a member of the Executive Committee.
Lisa represents plaintiffs and defendants in intellectual property disputes involving patent infringement, trade secrets, trademarks and other Lanham Act issues, business torts and licensing. She is well-versed in a wide range of high technology and biotech matters, from litigation involving semiconductors and consumer electronics to medical devices and genetic testing. Lisa also has a strong grasp of the technological issues faced by her clients and distills complex technical details into legal arguments that are persuasive to juries and judges.
Lisa represents clients at all stages of litigation, from pre-litigation counseling through trial and appeal. She has represented clients in jury trials in state and federal court, the Delaware Court of Chancery and at the U.S. International Trade Commission as well as in arbitrations.
News
Honors & Awards
- Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (2021-2023)
- Recognized as one of the “Top IP Lawyers” in California by the Daily Journal (2022-2023)
- Named an “IP Star” by Managing Intellectual Property (2021-2022)
- Named among the “Top Women Lawyers in California” by the Daily Journal (2017, 2020, 2021)
- Recognized as a “Winning Litigator” by The National Law Journal (2020)
- Selected as “Trials MVP” by Law360 (2020)
- Named to the Southern California Super Lawyers list (2014-2023)
Publications
- "Ethically Speaking: A Decade After Seagate, Uncertainty Over the Scope of Privilege Waiver in IP Cases Remains," 60 Orange County Lawyer (October 2018)
- "Recent Patent Decisions Illustrate Variation in Application of the Common Interest Privilege," The Computer & Internet Lawyer (January 2016)
- "Don't Win a Trademark Battle, Only to Lose the War," The Recorder (June 24, 2015)
- "Ethically Speaking: Recent Patent Decisions Illustrate Variation In Application Of The Common Interest Privilege," 57 Orange County Lawyer (2015)
- "Ethically Speaking: Seahaus v. Superior Court: An Uncommon Fact Pattern Highlights Complexities of the Common Interest Privilege in California," 56 Orange County Lawyer (2014)
Professional Activities
- Federal Bar Association - Orange County, board of directors
Practice Areas
Education
Duke University School of Law (J.D., 2002), magna cum laude; Order of the Coif; Duke Law Journal; Award for Outstanding Achievement in Intellectual Property and Technology Law
University of St. Thomas, Minnesota (B.A., Economics, 1999), summa cum laude
Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court for the Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Federal Circuits
Clerkships
- Hon. Cynthia Holcomb Hall, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit