Greg Lanier is an accomplished trial lawyer with more than 35 years experience leading major intellectual property (IP) and business disputes for companies around the globe, covering a wide range of technology.
Greg has won jury and bench trials, arbitrations, injunctions, and other major motions and hearings in venues across the United States. He also has personally argued appeals at the Federal, Fifth, and Ninth Circuits and in California's appellate courts. In addition, Greg has substantial experience in complex litigation matters involving parallel proceedings and investigations across the United States and around the world. Greg regularly advises on IP and litigation issues arising in corporate transactions and internal investigations and has led IP enforcement efforts against competitors and departing employees.
Greg has received significant recognition for excellent client results, being named by the Daily Journal as a "Top IP Lawyer" and as a "Top 100 Lawyer" in California and selected as a "Lawyer of the Week" by The American Lawyer. Greg has been described in IAM Patent 1000 — The World's Leading Patent Professionals as a "charismatic first-chair trial lawyer" and "globe-trotting litigator and consummate counselor." Greg is included in The Best Lawyers in America, recommended by The Legal 500 for patent litigation, and listed in Managing IP and Super Lawyers for IP litigation.
Greg was born and raised in Silicon Valley. He is a member of the Leadership Board of the College of Arts and Sciences of Santa Clara University and has served on the UC Hastings Foundation Board of Trustees.
Expérience
Top Verdicts of 2015: Dyna LLC v. GreatCall Inc., Daily Journal
- January 28, 2016
Winning Strategies for Litigating Patent Trials, Northern California Jones Day University - September 20, 2013
How the Business Role Impacts the Attorney-Client Privilege, and Waiver Risks - October 14, 2011
Complex Issues in Complex Cases: A Focus on Damages, Daubert & Ethics - June 22, 2005
Patent Trolls - Myth or Menace? - December 7, 2004
The Government as VIP Protecting Your IP - November 30, 2004
The Government as VIP Protecting Your IP
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D. 1988; Moot Court Board); Santa Clara University (B.A. cum laude 1985)
- California; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fifth, Ninth, and Federal Circuits; all U.S. District Courts in California; and U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Texas, District Court of Colorado, and Western District of Michigan
- Judicial Extern, Central Staff Attorney's Office, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (August-December 1987)
Recognized as an "IP Star" for 2021-2022 by Managing IP, as a "Lawyer of the Week" by The American Lawyer, "Top IP Lawyer" by the Daily Journal, and numerous times in Super Lawyers
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, The Legal 500 US, and Intellectual Asset Management for patent litigation