Dawn Mertineit
Co-Chair of the Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes Practice Group and Editor of Trading Secrets
Dawn Mertineit is a partner in the Litigation Department of Seyfarth Shaw and co-chair of the Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes practice group. Dawn specializes in non-compete and trade secrets litigation, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts, from pre-litigation counseling through judgment or settlement, as well as advising her clients on their non-compete agreements and other restrictive covenants. She also has experience litigating a variety of employment actions, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claims, partnership disputes, banking and finance matters, breach of contract suits, product and premises liability actions, real estate disputes, construction claims, and various tort actions.
Michael D. Wexler
Chair of the Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes Practice Group
Michael Wexler is a partner in the firm’s Chicago office, and he is chair of the national Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes practice group and chair of the Chicago Litigation department. His practice focuses on trial work and counseling in the areas of trade secrets and restrictive covenants, corporate espionage, unfair competition, complex commercial disputes, intellectual property infringement, and white collar criminal defense in both federal and state courts. A former state prosecutor, Michael’s extensive investigatory experience and considerable jury trial practice enables him to advise clients with regard to potential disputes and represent clients, including a determination of their rights at trial.
Co-Chair of the Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes Practice Group and Editor of Trading Secrets
Marcus Mintz is a partner in the Los Angeles – Century City office of Seyfarth Shaw and co-chair of the Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes practice group. Marcus’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including cases involving post-merger disputes, misappropriation of trade secrets and intellectual property, equity rights, and business tort claims. He has represented a wide range of clients, including medical device manufacturers, clinical research organizations, automotive manufacturers, defense contractors, construction companies, insurance companies, and a variety of private business owners. He has represented and counseled clients through all phases and forms of litigation, including pre-litigation resolution, alternative dispute resolution, administrative law proceedings, emergency injunctions, jury trials, and appeals.
Kristine R. Argentine
Kristine Argentine is a partner in the Litigation department in Seyfarth’s Chicago office. Kristine’s practices focuses on complex commercial litigation, including cases involving restrictive covenants, misappropriation of trade secrets and intellectual property, unfair competition, contract disputes, consumer class action defense, and business torts. She has represented and counseled clients through all phases and forms of litigation, including alternative dispute resolution, emergency injunctions, jury and bench trials, and appeals in a variety of jurisdictions in the United States. In addition, Kristine is experienced in pre-litigation counseling in the areas of trade secrets, restrictive covenants, and contract interpretation.
Eric Barton
Eric Barton is a partner in the Litigation department of Seyfarth Shaw. For more than a decade, Eric has represented, advocated for, and advised clients in all forms of dispute resolution, including serving as lead trial counsel in numerous jury trials and arbitration proceedings throughout the Southeast. Recognizing that a trial is typically not the ultimate goal for a client, Eric devotes a significant portion of his practice to advising and counseling clients on issues related to pre-trial resolution and avoidance of business disputes.
Sierra J. Chinn-Liu
Sierra Chinn-Liu is an associate in the Litigation department of Seyfarth’s Los Angeles office. Businesses facing disputes regarding their trade secrets and restrictive covenants turn to Sierra to protect their valuable assets. She assists clients in complex commercial disputes regarding contract, business tort, unfair competition, and consumer financial litigation matters, in both state and federal court.
Matthew C. Christoff
Matthew Christoff is a partner in the Commercial Litigation practice group of Seyfarth Shaw. He focuses his practice on issues involving eDiscovery, including electronic document preservation, production, review, and spoliation. Matthew has a technical background that has included computer support, network administration, and programming.
Jesse M. Coleman
Jesse Coleman is a partner in the Houston office of Seyfarth Shaw and a member of the firm’s Litigation department. His practice encompasses various types of civil litigation facing the health care industry, energy industry, and related industries. This includes representing managed care organizations, insurance companies, hospital systems, and physicians in matters involving contract disputes, peer review and credentialing proceedings, Medicaid bid protests, antitrust claims, defamation claims, EMTALA claims, ERISA claims, professional liability claims, and regulatory matters before state and federal agencies. He has also represented and counseled both health care and energy-sector clients in numerous trade secret disputes.
Gary Friedman is a partner in the Labor & Employment department of Seyfarth Shaw’s New York office. With over 30 years of experience, he is a first-chair trial lawyer renowned for representing employers in complex employment litigation, including class actions and trade secrets cases. Consistently recognized as one of the top employment lawyers in the U.S., Gary has been praised for his strategic thinking and ability to navigate intricate legal and business issues. His expertise spans all areas of labor and employment law, and he has contributed significantly to industry discussions through writing, lecturing, and providing expert testimony. Gary holds a JD from Georgetown University Law Center and a BA from Duke University.
Reeves Gillis is a staff attorney in the Labor & Employment Department in the Boston office of Seyfarth Shaw. She focuses her practice on employment and trade secret matters, including issues involving computer fraud and non‑competes. Reeves earned her JD from Suffolk University Law School and is admitted to practice in Massachusetts.
Justine Giuliani
Justine Giuliani is a partner in the Melbourne office of Seyfarth Shaw Australia. She is a member of the firm’s International Employment Law practice. She has experience across all aspects of employment and industrial relations law. She advises clients in relation to employment arrangements and industrial instruments, workplace policies, executive employment issues, termination of employment, enterprise bargaining, industrial action, and workforce restructures.
Daniel P. Hart
Daniel Hart is a partner in the Atlanta office of Seyfarth Shaw. A member of the Labor & Employment Department, he focuses his practice in all aspects of labor and employment litigation—including race, gender, national origin, age, and disability discrimination claims; wage and hour disputes; and common law tort claims—before various state and federal courts and administrative agencies.
Emily C. Kesler
Emily Kesler is an associate in the Commercial Litigation Practice Group of Seyfarth Shaw’s Chicago office. Her practice includes a variety of complex commercial litigation disputes, including those which involve business torts, non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, trade secrets, requests for injunctive relief, unfair competition, product liability, and alleged violations of state and federal consumer protection statutes.
Yumna Khan is an associate in the Litigation Department in the Houston office of Seyfarth Shaw. She partners with clients to address legal, strategic, and operational challenges, allowing them to stay focused on their day‑to‑day business rather than pending or threatened litigation. Yumna combines strong oral and written advocacy with tailored, innovative strategies to meet each client’s unique needs. She advises companies across industries including consumer goods, energy, financial services, health care, real estate, and transportation, and her broad litigation experience spans commercial disputes, medical peer review, product defects, property disputes, restrictive covenants, and trade secrets.
Wan Li
Wan Li is a partner in the Shanghai office of Seyfarth Shaw. He has more than 20 years of experience in China-related matters, advising a diverse range of clients in employment, mergers and acquisitions (corporate and cross-border), private equity, and corporate matters, including restructuring. He has a broad practice focused on foreign direct investments into China and representing Chinese companies in relation to multinational transactions, including acquisition of equity and assets of telecommunication, internet, high-tech, energy and resources, medicine, and dairy products companies.
Kevin J. Mahoney
Kevin Mahoney is a partner in the Litigation Department of Seyfarth Shaw’s Chicago office. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including cases involving restrictive covenants, misappropriation of trade secrets and intellectual property, unfair competition, contract disputes, and business torts. He has represented clients at each phase of litigation including alternative dispute resolution, emergency injunctions, jury and bench trials, and appeals in multiple jurisdictions in the United States.
Robyn E. Marsh
Robyn Marsh is a partner in the Litigation Department in the Chicago office of Seyfarth Shaw. Prior to joining Seyfarth Shaw, Robyn worked as a litigation associate at a boutique Chicago law firm specializing in products liability and professional liability defense. In that capacity, she represented and defended Fortune 500 domestic and foreign automobile manufacturers, appearing in both state and federal courts on behalf of her clients.
Gio Perez is an associate in the Litigation Department in the Houston office of Seyfarth Shaw. He counsels clients through all stages of litigation, from inception through appeal, applying strong analytical skills and a robust writing background to advance and protect their interests in high‑stakes disputes. Gio has handled a wide range of commercial matters, including those involving real estate transactions and the enforcement of non‑compete agreements, and he previously worked in‑house with a Houston‑based independent oil and gas exploration and production company, advising on regulatory, corporate policy, and transactional issues. His reliability, clear communication, and collaborative approach make him a valued partner to clients and colleagues alike.
Eron Reid is an associate in the Litigation Department in the Houston office of Seyfarth Shaw. He provides practical, business‑focused guidance to help clients navigate litigation while minimizing disruption and risk. Eron has represented a wide range of clients—from individuals in personal injury matters to stakeholders in complex construction projects—through every phase of litigation, including arbitration and trial. His experience on both the plaintiff and defense sides gives him valuable insight into the dynamics of any dispute, enabling him to craft strategies that lead to favorable and efficient resolutions.
Christopher F. Robertson
Christopher Robertson is Co-Chair of the national Whistleblower Team and a member of the Complex Litigation, Capital Markets, and Investment Management practice areas in the Boston office of Seyfarth Shaw. His areas of focus include complex commercial and financial litigation, securities litigation, consumer fraud litigation, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and internal investigations.
Mitch Robinson is senior counsel in the Labor & Employment Department in the Atlanta office of Seyfarth Shaw. He provides creative solutions to complex challenges, representing clients in class and collective actions, restrictive covenant and trade secret matters, government investigations, and claims involving discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. For nearly a decade, he has handled high‑stakes litigation and investigations nationwide in courts, administrative agencies, and arbitrations. Known for distilling complex issues into clear guidance, Mitch works collaboratively with clients to achieve practical outcomes. Earlier in his career, he served as a legislative assistant in the US House of Representatives.
Eddy Salcedo
Eddy Salcedo is an experienced first-chair trial lawyer and is currently in the New York office of Seyfarth Shaw. He has successfully represented a wide range of clients in trade secret, enforcement of non-compete agreements, partnership disputes, and trademark infringement litigation. He has also served as trial counsel for parties in construction and real estate development disputes, contract disputes, and general commercial and civil litigation.
Daniel Joshua Salinas
Joshua Salinas is counsel in the Los Angeles office of Seyfarth Shaw. He represents clients in complex commercial disputes involving trade secrets and restrictive covenants, unfair competition, contract, and intellectual property claims in both state and federal courts. His experience includes the prosecution and defense of trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, and patent infringement claims.
Robert C. Stevens
Bob Stevens is a partner in the Labor and Employment Department and the Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud and Non-Competes Practice Group of Seyfarth Shaw. He has more than 15 years of experience representing public and privately held companies throughout the United States in employment-related litigation. He concentrates his practice on litigation and counseling matters involving employment discrimination, restrictive covenants, trade secrets, and wage and hour issues.
Robert Terzoli is an associate in the Intellectual Property Department in the Washington, DC office of Seyfarth Shaw. He helps clients—from individual innovators to global companies—protect and enforce their trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets, and also advises on product liability and FDA‑regulated issues. Robert’s practice includes IP litigation, trademark portfolio management, and TTAB proceedings, as well as trial and appellate court work in multimillion‑dollar disputes. He regularly publishes on emerging regulatory developments and brings prior experience as a law clerk at an IP boutique and as an analyst at Arrowhead Research Corporation. He earned his JD from Georgetown University Law Center and a BA from UCLA.
John P. Tomaszewski
John Tomaszewski is a partner in the International Data Protection Practice Group. He has significant experience counseling companies regarding data protection and information security throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. His clients have included a myriad of technology companies, as well as financial services, pharmaceuticals, and e-commerce companies of all sizes. John has prepared privacy and security documentation for HR departments, cloud service providers, social media companies, and a host of both traditional “brick-and-mortar” and emerging technology clients. He has also developed fair information practice statements, certification practice statements, PKI policies, non-disclosure agreements, and similar information security and confidentiality instruments.
Dallin R. Wilson
Dallin Wilson is a partner in Seyfarth Shaw’s Boston office and is a member of the Commercial Litigation, Construction, Consumer Financial Services Litigation, and Securities and Financial Litigation practice groups. He represents clients in all manner of litigation matters in state and federal courts. His clients include banking institutions, supermarkets, contractors, and privately held corporations. Dallin also has experience representing healthcare entities in government investigations related to violations of HIPAA, Anti-Kickback Statutes, and other state and federal regulations.
Rebecca Woods
Rebecca Woods is a partner in the Atlanta office of Seyfarth Shaw and Co-Chair of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group. She is a seasoned litigator with trial experience. Rebecca also counsels clients on litigation avoidance strategies. As a commercial litigator at heart, her subject matter experience is broad and includes trade secrets, insurance coverage, business torts, construction litigation, and real estate matters.
James S. Yu
James Yu is a senior counsel in the Litigation and Labor & Employment departments. He has defended several class action lawsuits, including wage and hour class and collective actions, and is experienced in handling multi-district litigations. He has regularly handled and tried a diverse range of matters, including complex contract disputes, trade secret misappropriation and business tort cases, products liability and toxic tort defense, and several actions defending servicers of commercial mortgage loans involving multi-level debt structures.