Andrew works closely with founders and venture capitalists globally on the formation, operations, fundraising and successful exits of technology and other venture-backed companies. Leveraging a unique professional background and skill set as well as the premiere, full suite of services of our global law firm to devise strategic and creative solutions for his clients, Andrew shares their vision for change, and helps them build the vessel that delivers that vision to the world.
Prior to joining Orrick, Andrew served as a legislative adviser to Congress, a lobbyist for the University of Illinois, and a tax fellow for Deloitte advising companies on Sarbanes-Oxley tax compliance and building internal control systems.
For more than a decade, Nick has guided high-growth companies from inception to exit, advising on formation, financings, mergers and acquisitions, and IPOs while serving as outside general counsel on day-to-day legal matters as they scale.
Leveraging Orrick’s sector-focused approach and legal innovation tools, Nick works with companies across a range of industries, with a focus on disruptive technologies—including fintech, Web3 and blockchain, artificial intelligence, healthcare and biotech, digital media, and consumer products. He also represents top venture capital firms investing in these sectors across equity, debt, and token financings.
Prior to joining Orrick, Nick was a senior counsel at Gunderson Dettmer.
Nick earned his J.D. from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review and received the Otto Kaus Award for Excellence in Legal Scholarship.
Before law school, he built a career as a journalist, photographer, and publicist covering music, food, and the arts. A proud Husky, he earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington.
Ernie provides expertise and enthusiasm to help our clients resolve their intellectual property disputes. With a background in molecular biology, cognitive science, and intellectual property, Ernie is adept at helping resolve complex patent disputes across a wide range of technologies from wireless communications to life sciences matters. He also brings valuable litigation and legal writing expertise, having served as a law clerk at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to the Honorable Judge Tiffany P. Cunningham. Ernie also has experience working hands-on with technical experts and in arbitration disputes over patented inventions.
Prior to joining Orrick, Ernie worked at a large law firm in the San Francisco Bay Area representing a client in a CRISPR gene editing patent dispute before the district court and Patent Trial and Appeal Board, as well as indigent clients seeking asylum in the United States.
Ernie graduated cum laude from Santa Clara University School of Law, earning the law school's Mabie Outstanding Graduate Award and a High Tech Law Certificate with a specialization in Intellectual Property Law. He also holds an M. Ed. from Harvard University Graduate School of Education and B.A.s from the University of California, Berkeley in Molecular & Cell Biology and Cognitive Science.
Gary has spent his career successfully representing clients in intellectual property litigation matters, including patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret disputes. He also represents clients in contested U.S. Patent and Trademark Office proceedings, including serving as lead counsel on numerous inter partes reviews (IPRs) before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Gary litigates cases involving a broad array of technologies, such as new pharmaceuticals, drug delivery systems, medical devices, biologic therapies and biosimilars, microprocessor architecture, computers, telecommunications, semiconductors, software, and data encryption.
When it comes to his counseling practice, Gary develops proactive intellectual property strategies, delivers insightful advice on transactional matters, and provides IP portfolio management, prosecution, and licensing advice.
For nearly 20 years, Gary has been recognized by a variety of publications, including by the Daily Journal as one of the Top 75 IP Litigators and a “Top IP Lawyer” in California, by the Los Angeles Business Journal as a “Leader of Influence: Top Litigator and Trial Attorney,” and by IAM Patent 1000 as a “Leading Patent Litigator.”
In trial, litigation, arbitration or mediation, David delivers efficient and favorable results aligned with clients’ business objectives. From health and safety mass tort litigation for the NCAA, to complex, multimillion-dollar international breach of contract claims and countersuits for a global television manufacturer, to high-stakes, precedent-setting employment victories for Oracle, David handles a range of commercial disputes. David was named a “Litigator of the Week” by American Lawyer for achieving a complete defense verdict in a precedent-setting jury trial, and has been named a “Litigator of the Week” Runner-Up twice for securing defense verdicts, including in a $100 million negligence action. In addition to these recognitions from American Lawyer, David was also named to The Recorder's list of Lawyers on the Fast Track in California.
Not all disputes end up in court. David leverages his extensive courtroom and alternative dispute resolution knowledge to provide invaluable risk mitigation counseling to both established and emerging companies. David serves as a business partner and trusted advisor to ambitious start-ups and high-growth companies—helping these innovative clients see around corners to avoid or reduce potential exposures.
In addition to his legal practice, David is committed to challenging inequities through his pro bono work. For Equal Justice Under Law, he helped secure a favorable judgment in a federal civil rights class action, barring indigent criminal defendants unable to pay court-imposed fines and fees from being jailed in a system that was described as a “modern-day debtors’ prison.”
While attending law school, David served as an extern for two Los Angeles Superior Court judges and was a member of the Loyola Entertainment Law Review.
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