Los Angeles
Jake graduated first in his class with a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado and worked at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, where he designed, built, and tested circuits for NASA-contracted space missions. Since graduating in the top 10% of his class from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Jake has litigated diverse patent matters, encompassing cybersecurity, gaming, digital advertising technologies, analog and digital electronics, circuit design, testing, and fabrication, and renewable energy. He also possesses notable experience in copyright cases involving AI and data scraping.
Jake is deeply committed to pro bono work in indigent criminal defense, stemming from his Orrick fellowship at the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California. Notably, he successfully secured compassionate release for a client serving a life sentence and played a crucial role as third-chair in a 10-day trial involving a client charged with violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).
When Jake isn't advocating for his clients, he enjoys writing and recording music under the artist name Drip Lines and spending time with his wife, daughter, and two dogs.
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
Mr. Lang has litigated cases before district courts, state courts, and the International Trade Commission. He has an extensive practice in patent office proceedings, including ex parte reexaminations and inter partes reviews. He has been a top-filer in inter partes reviews. Recent matters include work with memories (DRAM, Flash and hard drives), semiconductor tools, semiconductor packaging, and design software.
His counseling work includes developing defensive and offensive intellectual property strategies in view of potential competitor litigation. He also assists clients in indemnity disputes, product launches, patent acquisition, licensing and portfolio management.
Before focusing on intellectual property litigation and counseling, Mr. Lang spent a year working for the District Attorney’s Office in Atlanta, Georgia, where he had considerable exposure to numerous trials.
Mr. Lang’s public service commitments include steady work for housing clinics. Mr. Lang recently first-chaired a four-day trial, led a successful mediation, and obtained a favorable settlement for clients of different local clinics.
Washington, D.C.
Clients have relied on Hillary’s representation in multidistrict litigation, statewide coordinated proceedings, class actions, and government enforcement actions filed in federal and state courts throughout the country. Additionally, Hillary has represented pharmaceutical companies and government contractors in False Claims Act litigation and government investigations. Hillary’s litigation experience spans from initial case and dispositive motions assessment, to both bench and jury trials, and all fact and expert discovery, motions practice, and other trial preparation in between, including considerable work with company witnesses, medical and public health experts, and U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory experts. Hillary has also advised clients on product liability exposure and litigation risk related to FDA regulations and guidance.
Hillary’s active pro bono practice includes advising clients on civil rights and immigration matters. She has secured asylum for an individual from Cameroon and successfully argued for a renewed bond hearing for an unlawfully detained immigrant before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Prior to joining Orrick, Hillary practiced at Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C. From 2020-2021, she clerked for the Honorable M. Casey Rodgers in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. While in law school, Hillary completed a judicial externship with the Honorable Tanya S. Chutkan in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Beijing
Martha regularly represents Chinese and international clients in cross-border M&A, private equity investments and financings, joint ventures, foreign direct investments and other compliance matters.
She has represented clients from a broad range of industries, including TMT, financial services, healthcare, consumer products, energy, manufacturing, etc.
In addition, she has experience in handling initial public offerings, debt and equity securities offerings, pre-IPO investments, as well as advising on restructuring, employment, antitrust, and general corporate matters.
Beijing; New York
Xiang is a Guiding Expert of the China Overseas IP Dispute Response & Guidance Center.
He also serves several consultancy roles for local regulatory authorities, including as IP Guiding Expert of Shenzhen IP Protection Center; IP Guiding Expert of Zhejiang Province IP Protection Center; IP Consultant of Technology Innovation Bureau of Nanjing Jiangbei New Area Management Committee (Jiangsu Province); Expert of IP Dispute Investigation and Appraisal of Foshan Market Supervision and Administration Bureau (Guangdong Province); Expert for Overseas IP Protection and Assistance of Foshan Intellectual Property Bureau (Guangdong Province); and Guiding Expert of Shantou Overseas IP Center and Shunde Enterprise IP Protection Center (Guangdong Province).
Dr. Wang is an arbitrator of Beijing Arbitration Commission and Beijing International Arbitration Center.
Xiang has extensive experience in assisting local and foreign-based multinational companies with all aspects of their IP rights in the U.S. and China, including IP litigation and arbitration, patent infringement, industrial espionage, trade secret misappropriation, copyright and trademark infringement, ITC Sec. 337 investigations, patent office proceedings including inter partes reviews (IPR), IP due diligence and portfolio counseling, technology export control, mass torts and product liability, securities litigation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other investigations and compliance. These matters have implicated a vast array of technologies, from software and electronics to renewable energy and medical devices as well as agricultural and building materials, to name just a few.
Xiang also works extensively on cybersecurity investigations and data privacy compliance matters for both Chinese and international clients.
Xiang has been particularly active in Chinese state-owned enterprises related U.S. litigation. Clients turn to his strategic and innovative advice thanks to his in-depth understanding of their business needs and political risks. Clients appreciate that he “understood the environment in the China legal system and can give nuanced advice”.
Xiang has developed the region’s premier IP practice based on his reputation as one of the few IP lawyers who has a doctorate in electrical and computer engineering, a Juris Doctor, a Chinese Certificate of Laws, and admission to practice law in New York, Indiana and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Due to its success in patent disputes in the United States and China, involving both foreign and Chinese companies, Orrick IP team was exclusively featured in a documentary film “Patent Wars” by the China Central Television (CCTV).
Xiang is highly regarded for his practical legal advice that results from more than ten years of experience at medical and electronic device businesses before becoming a lawyer. He also has received four U.S. medical-technology patents in his name.
San Francisco
Niki concentrates her corporate practice on representing issuers and underwriters in public offerings and capital markets transactions. Niki also regularly counsels public and late-stage private companies on securities law compliance, disclosure matters, SEC reporting obligations, corporate governance and stock exchange listing obligations. In addition, Niki’s practice includes venture capital financings and advising start-up companies on general corporate matters. She represents a wide range of technology and life sciences companies, from privately held start-ups to publicly traded corporations.
Prior to joining Orrick, Niki was at Fenwick & West LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.
New York
He has practiced in the area of public finance for more than 15 years, serving as bond counsel, underwriters’ counsel and borrower counsel in various revenue bond financings, including those related to public power, sewer and storm water, tobacco, higher education, student loans, hospitals and multi-family and single-family housing. He is also bond counsel to various issuers relating to their commercial paper programs.