Global law firm Goodwin announced today that Darryl M. Woo, a veteran trial lawyer for the technology industry, has joined the firm as a partner in its award-winning Intellectual Property practice resident in the firm’s San Francisco office.
Woo focuses on patent litigation, trade secret litigation, and other complex technology litigation. He has extensive first chair jury trial and ITC experience. Among many others, his notable cases have included obtaining a $74.7 million jury verdict for a semiconductor industry client and representing the original Napster in major intellectual property litigation. He recently served as a technical advisor for season five of the hit show, Silicon Valley on HBO.
“Darryl has an outstanding reputation as a leading lawyer who litigates and tries complex technology disputes,” said Douglas Kline, chair of Goodwin’s Intellectual Property practice. “He joins fellow Goodwin first chair trial lawyers Brett Schuman and Neel Chatterjee in the Bay Area, where we have established a strong foothold and built exciting momentum that continues to attract premier clients and cases. We are excited to welcome Darryl to the Goodwin partnership.”
“I am thrilled to be joining Goodwin’s intellectual property litigation team in Northern California,” said Woo. “Together with Brett and Neel, and now as three first chair trial lawyers under one roof in the Bay Area, I look forward to bringing our combined experience and expertise for the benefit of our current and future clients.”
Woo has earned a number of industry accolades. He was named to The Best Lawyers in America, Managing Intellectual Property’s IP Stars, and IAM Patent 1000 Lists of the World’s Leading Patent Practitioners. He also has been listed as one of the Top 100 Leading Lawyers in California, and as a top 75 IP Lawyer in California.
Woo received his J.D., with honors, from the Georgetown University Law Center, and a B.S. in Biology from the University of California, Berkeley. He can be reached at dwoo@goodwinlaw.com and (415) 733.6068.
In June, Goodwin announced the addition of a premier team of intellectual property lawyers for the technology industry, with a particular expertise in representing clients before the International Trade Commission, in its Washington, D.C. office. “With the recent addition of the Washington, D.C. team and now Darryl joining Goodwin in the Bay Area, we have built out a truly market-leading group of technology litigation trial lawyers,” added Kline.
Law360 named Goodwin an Intellectual Property Practice of the Year for the fourth consecutive year in 2017. The firm’s Technology Companies practice is consistently ranked in the top five most active of all law firms for venture capital, IPOs and M&A.