David Y. Lin パートナー, Banking & Finance, Private Credit
サンフランシスコ; Los Angeles
サンフランシスコ; Los Angeles
サンフランシスコ; Los Angeles
David assists major financial institutions and alternative lenders in effectively assessing legal risks in complex secured and unsecured commercial finance transactions. He advises on bilateral, club and syndicated financings for acquisitions, dividend recapitalizations, construction and refinancings. He has extensive experience in financings in the casino gaming (commercial and tribal) and technology sectors.
Los Angeles
Primary Focus & Experience
Dr. Lu’s practice focuses on patent, trade secrets, and life sciences litigation. He has represented clients in matters involving patent infringement, U.S.-China trade secret misappropriation, biosimilars, ANDA litigation, and licensing disputes. He also represents clients in connection with proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. His clients have included Genentech, Tris Pharma, Rosenberger, and Natera.
Recognition & Accomplishments
Dr. Lu has been on the editorial advisory board for Law360 Life Science publications and was named to Benchmark Litigation’s “40 and Under Hot List,” which honors the achievements of the nation’s most accomplished litigators under 40. He was also named to the Southern California Rising Stars list by Super Lawyers.
Dr. Lu has authored a number of publications, including: “Thryv: opposing policies in the Supreme Court,” World Intellectual Property Review (June 5, 2020); “The Growth of Online Universities: How to Solve the Accreditation Dilemma, Protect Students, and Expand Access to Higher Education,” a chapter in “Education and Social Media: Toward a Digital Future,” MIT Press (2016); “Senate Gridlock Causes En Banc Uncertainty,” and “Intellectual Property Special Report,” The Recorder (July 15, 2013); and “Promotion and Market Share in the Proton Pump Inhibitor Market: A Case Study,” Journal of Pharmaceutical Marketing & Management, Volume 17, Issue 3, 39-59 (2007).
Dr. Lu is the chair of the board of directors for Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center (APADRC), a nonprofit organization. He was also a Fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity.
Prior to private practice, Dr. Lu was a law clerk to the Honorable William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Dr. Lu received his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was Notes Editor of the Yale Law Journal and Executive Editor of the Yale Journal of Law & Technology. While in law school, he was an extern for the Honorable John T. Noonan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and an intern for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut.
Prior to law school, Dr. Lu earned his Doctor of Pharmacy, with highest distinction, from the University of North Carolina, and worked in pharmaceutical marketing.
Dr. Lu is conversant in Mandarin Chinese.
Los Angeles
Dr. Lynch's practice centers on representing clients involved in patent litigation and appeals, as well as U.S. Patent and Trademark Office post-grant proceedings. His experience encompasses numerous aspects of the life sciences, including small and large molecule pharmaceuticals, cellular immunotherapies, medical devices, and diagnostics. He has represented biopharmaceutical clients of all sizes, from start-ups to multinational corporations.
Dr. Lynch also counsels clients on pre-litigation strategies relating to their intellectual property, offering advice on matters including patentability, freedom-to-operate, patent prosecution and portfolio management, and licensing.
Dr. Lynch received his J.D. from Loyola Law School, where he graduated #1 in the evening program and top 5% overall while working for another international law firm.
Before law school, Dr. Lynch earned his Ph.D. in cell biology from Columbia University. His dissertation examined the biophysical aspects of cellular motility using advanced microscopy and imaging techniques.
Los Angeles
Ryann's practice focuses on representing foreign and domestic individuals and companies in a broad range of industries in anti-corruption compliance, government investigations, and white collar criminal defense matters. Her experiences include conducting internal investigations and representing companies in investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission and working with companies to develop and enhance their corporate compliance programs. She also represents clients in matters involving complex civil and criminal litigation matters. Ryann joined Orrick after completing a one-year fellowship as an Orrick Fellow at ACLU of Northern California.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
David develops strategies to protect his client’s bold innovations, whether assisting one of the world's leading technology companies, or a mobile gaming start-up. He offers intellectual property counseling and litigation, including patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret matters.
Before joining Orrick, David served as a law clerk to the Honorable Nora Barry Fischer in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Prior to his clerkship, David served as a full-time extern to the Honorable Kathleen O'Malley at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
David also spent a year working in-house for Panasonic Corporation, stationed near Panasonic's Osaka, Japan headquarters.
Los Angeles
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.
Los Angeles
Before joining Orrick, Emily was an associate at Hueston Hennigan LLP, where she gained experience in all stages of the litigation process, including pre-complaint investigation, pleadings, discovery, summary judgment, trial, and appeals in both federal and state courts. Emily clerked for the Honorable Dana M. Sabraw of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California and the Honorable Milan D. Smith Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Emily attended University of Michigan Law School, where she received the Henry M. Bates Memorial Scholarship Award (Michigan Law’s highest honor). Emily served as a Senior Editor of the Michigan Law Review, a research assistant for Professors Richard Primus and Don Herzog, and a member of the Campbell Moot Court Board.
Los Angeles
Shahin represents sponsors, investors and other market participants in a wide range of renewable energy transactions. His practice encompasses project development, acquisitions and tax equity and debt financings. He also assists clients with general corporate legal needs.
Los Angeles
As a member of Orrick’s Intellectual Property group, Geoff represents clients big and small through all stages of litigation, from pre-suit investigations through trial and appeals. Geoff was a member of the trial team and lead technology associate in Oracle v. Google, the long-running and high stakes lawsuit over Google’s use of Oracle’s Java APIs in the Android operating system. Geoff also has significant experience representing clients in a variety of commercial, employment, and products liability lawsuits.
Before attending law school, Geoff worked as a software developer at The Capital Group Companies, Raytheon, and the Teradata division of NCR.
Geoff spends significant time working on pro bono matters, notably with the Domestic Violence Project through the Los Angeles County Bar Association. The Project helps those in need navigate a complicated legal system in their time of need to get the restraining orders they need to stay safe.
Los Angeles
Caleb represents issuers, sponsors, placement agents, underwriters, servicers, and other market participants in connection with securitizations, private placements, asset financings, sales, and the negotiation of lending facilities.
He is also active in several pro bono cases involving the Geneva Convention IV’s application to the ongoing Russo-Ukraine war and that of a Ghanan family seeking asylum.
In 2020, Caleb graduated from the University of California, Irvine School of Law. While in law school, Caleb co-authored a brief argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and served as Editor for the UC Irvine Law Review.
Prior to law school, he worked for several years at J.P. Morgan Chase with positions in corporate finance, mortgage banking, credit card operations, and compliance.