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468335

Practice:

  • Technology Transactions
  • Life Sciences & HealthTech
  • IP Counseling e due diligence

Megan McKnelly Managing Associate

Washington, D.C.

Megan regularly drafts and negotiates complex collaboration and license agreements for the development of novel therapeutics and treatments, as well as research and data use agreements applying software and artificial intelligence technologies to healthcare.

Megan draws on her experience spanning diverse technology sectors—including life sciences (biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and digital health), AI, the Internet of Things, telecommunications, FinTech, cybersecurity, and cloud computing—to counsel clients of all sizes in shaping their IP protection and commercialization strategies.

She also conducts IP diligence for venture capital financings and tech-driven sell-side and buy-side mergers and acquisitions. 

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Proprietà intellettuale

Will Melehani Partner

San Francisco

By delving into each case’s complexities and elegantly connecting those details to a broader technical perspective, Will creatively unravels his opposition’s argument.

Will uses this approach to defend cutting edge computer, Internet, software companies and life sciences companies with great success, having prevailed in numerous subject matter eligibility challenges. Will's mastery of patent law also allows him to ensure his strategy will withstand appeal, where Will has frequently played a key role in writing and arguing the appellate briefs. Whether handling patent, trademark or trade secrets matters, Will’s creative methodology gives his clients a unique advantage.

Will is also an enthusiastic participant in Orrick's pro bono efforts, and has obtained successful results for several disadvantaged and low-income pro bono clients.

384355

Practice:

  • Financial Services Litigation
  • Risoluzione contenziosi e vertenze complesse
  • Trade Secrets Litigation

Rudi Miller Associate

Los Angeles

Rudi has experience representing large commercial clients in complex and high-value litigation in federal and state courts across the country. She has advised clients in all stages of litigation from receipt of pre-litigation demands through discovery, expert work, summary judgment, trial preparation, and trial. 

Rudi also completed a client secondment at Goldman Sachs in New York in their Litigation and Regulatory Compliance Group.

In her pro bono practice, Rudi has provided services to ICE detainees and low-income veterans. 

Practice:

  • Proprietà intellettuale
  • Trade Secrets Litigation

Sarah Mullins Senior Associate

San Francisco

Sarah is an associate in the firm's Intellectual Property group. Before law school, Sarah worked for four years in the in-house legal departments of major technology companies. She draws on her in-house experience to understand her clients' businesses and needs and to come up with creative solutions to their legal challenges.

Immediately prior to joining Orrick, Sarah clerked for Justice Daniel E. Winfree of the Alaska Supreme Court.

During law school, Sarah gained civil litigation experience as a clinical intern in the East Bay Community Law Center's Consumer Justice Clinic and served as a student director of Berkeley Law's Appellate Advocacy course.

Practice:

  • Risoluzione contenziosi e vertenze complesse
  • Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
  • Government Investigations and Enforcement Actions
  • Contenzioso titoli, class action e cause azionisti
  • White Collar, Investigations, Securities Litigation & Compliance

Serena Nichols Managing Associate

San Francisco

Serena's practice focuses on representing individuals and companies in a broad range of industries in government and internal investigations, securities litigation, regulatory enforcement actions, and other complex business litigation. Her experiences include conducting internal investigations and representing companies and individuals in investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Drug Enforcement Agency. Serena represents companies in the technology and financial sectors in a wide range of civil disputes including claims of breach of contract and patent infringement. 

Practice:

  • Compensation & Benefits
  • Retribuzione e benefit M&A
  • Capital Markets
  • Blockchain & Digital Assets

Alyssa Ohanian Of Counsel

Santa Monica

Alyssa advises public company clients across a broad range of industries regarding equity offerings, compliance with federal securities laws, and requirements of the major U.S. stock exchanges. She assists in-house counsel, management, and boards of directors on SEC and stock exchange disclosure and reporting requirements, director and executive compensation, and corporate governance matters.

Alyssa also counsels both public and private companies on the design, implementation and taxation of executive compensation and equity compensation arrangements, including executive employment agreements, change in control and severance plans, and cash and equity incentive programs, along with other compensation and benefits matters in the context of ongoing business operations, M&A transactions, spin-offs, and venture capital financings.

462939

Practice:

  • Technology Companies Group

Rajan Patel Managing Associate

Santa Monica

Rajan advises high-growth technology companies of all sizes on formation matters, day-to-day corporate governance, and venture capital financings. He works with founders at every stage, from early formation through financing rounds and acquisitions, delivering practical legal solutions tailored to the unique challenges of growing businesses.

Rajan represents a wide variety of technology companies across consumer internet, software, fintech, climatetech, blockchain, edtech and healthtech industries. He also advises investors and leading venture capital firms on their investments in early and high-growth technology companies.

Prior to joining Orrick, Rajan gained extensive experience in corporate law and venture capital transactions at Kirkland & Ellis and Gunderson Dettmer, where he honed his expertise in complex financing and M&A transactions.

Rajan is a proud Oregonian who earned his J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law and his bachelor's degree in Japanese and International Studies from the University of Oregon.

740

Practice:

  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Risoluzione contenziosi e vertenze complesse
  • Trademark, Copyright & Media
  • Strategic Advisory and Government Enforcement

Jessica S. Pers Counsel

San Francisco

Jessica has handled both jury and non-jury trials and injunction proceedings in federal and state courts and has extensive experience in extraordinary writ practice and appeals before California and federal courts.

Additionally, she has advised clients in the computer industry and various manufacturing and service fields on trademark, copyright and antitrust issues, including issues relating to domain name use on the Internet. She has handled cases for major franchisers in the automotive service and home health care industries as well as state and federal antitrust actions against Microsoft and many television and movie studios. Recently, Jessica has had primary responsibility for large consumer class actions settlements arising from antitrust litigation against Microsoft.

Before joining Orrick, Jessica was a shareholder at Heller Ehrman LLP. She was Managing Partner of that firm from 1992 to 1995 and Chair of the Promotion Evaluation Committee from 2001 to 2007.

740

Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Energy & Infrastructure Sector
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Fiscale

Wolfram Pohl Partner

San Francisco

Wolf represents many of the country’s most prominent developers and financing parties in structuring transactions to take advantage of tax credits, Treasury cash grants, depreciation benefits, and other available tax benefits. He has represented developers and tax equity investors in financings of both wind and solar projects, as well as on tax planning for energy storage, carbon capture, and carbon sequestration projects. 

740

Practice:

  • Governance aziendale
  • Technology Companies Group
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

Scott Porter Senior Corporate Counsel

San Francisco

Scott was an associate at the firm from 1998 until 2006 and has experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, securities law and general corporate matters.

Prior to joining Orrick, he was an associate at Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP from 1997 to 1998.

Practice:

  • Proprietà intellettuale
  • Trademark, Copyright & Media

Seth Reagan Senior Intellectual Property Attorney

Sacramento

Clients facing complex branding decisions or allegations of IP infringement rely on Seth for his innovative counsel and strategic thinking. With a robust background in both litigation and IP prosecution, Seth not only understands when and how to pursue an aggressive enforcement strategy but also empowers his clients by clearly explaining their options and guiding them toward the most effective solutions.

Over the past decade, Seth has successfully secured registrations and resolved trademark and copyright disputes for a diverse array of clients in industries such as aerospace, entertainment, gaming, software, technology, digital media, artificial intelligence, and retail. He has represented clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, in federal court, and in state court. Additionally, Seth has authored numerous widely-read articles and newsletters on a variety of legal topics, including intellectual property and sports law.

Seth is named in the 2024 and 2025 editions of the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for his exceptional work in Intellectual Property Law.

Before embarking on his legal career, Seth served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force and as an agroforestry volunteer in El Salvador with the U.S. Peace Corps.