Ropes & Gray LLP‘s trade secrets practice has considerable experience handling the array of investigations and disputes at both state and Federal court level for its portfolio of clients. Team co-leads Steven Pepe and Peter Brody are based in New York and Washington DC respectively. Employment litigation specialist Douglas Brayley who is based at the firm’s Boston hub is a name to note, as is David Chun who splits his time between Silicon Valley and Seoul and has notable experience dealing with misappropriation disputes and the array of IP matters. Scott McKeown departed to Wolf Greenfield & Sacks in July 2023 from the DC office.

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Key clients

  • Exactech, Inc.
  • XpandOrtho Inc.

Work highlights

  • Advised and achieved a positive settlement for TPG portfolio company Exactech in multifaceted litigation against its direct competitor, Zimmer Biomet.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Steven Pepe, Peter Brody

Other key lawyers

David Chun, Douglas Brayley