Bio

Vernon Granneman, a Pillsbury Litigation partner and skilled trial lawyer, has extensive experience litigating technology, intellectual property and commercial disputes, and handling parallel criminal proceedings. Vern has tried five jury trials to verdict in state and federal court as first chair or co-first chair. He has tried more than 15 bench trials to judgment and has tried more than 15 binding arbitrations to final award. He litigates trade secret, copyright, trademark/trade dress, patent and unfair business practice cases, and advocates for clients in provisional relief and preliminary injunction proceedings. Vern regularly handles matters involving proprietary business methods, theft of sensitive information, shareholder disputes and enforcement of confidentiality agreements.