Bio

Mehrnaz Boroumand Smith focuses her practice on intellectual property and complex commercial litigation matters. She has successfully represented clients, including well known high technology companies, in litigation regarding claims of utility and design patent, copyright, and trademark infringement, as well as breach of contract, breach of warranty, fraud, unfair competition and misappropriation of trade secrets. She also has successfully defended clients in class action cases. Ms. Boroumand Smith has represented clients in a variety of fields and industries covering technology and disputes relating to software, hardware, semiconductors, digital cameras, lasers, video gaming, information technology installations and licenses, arts and crafts, toys and manufacturing conveyors. She has appeared in federal courts (at both the district and appellate levels), California state courts and is also experienced in arbitration matters. Ms. Boroumand Smith also regularly advises clients regarding their intellectual property enforcement strategies, including online enforcement, social media monitoring and right of publicity issues. She has also worked with clients in assessing cybersecurity breaches. Ms. Boroumand Smith previously served on the firm’s Executive Committee and the firm’s Diversity Council and was Managing Partner of the San Francisco office from March 2014 through January 2017. She also was an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law, where she taught copyright, trademark and privacy issues in the Internet and Intellectual Property Justice Clinic from 2008 to 2016. Ms. Boroumand Smith has been consistently recognized as a Northern California "Super Lawyer" in the area of Intellectual Property by Super Lawyers magazine (2013-2022) and prior to 2013, she was recognized by Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” from 2009 to 2012. She was recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® in 2023 for Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation, Trademark Law, and Commercial Litigation. Ms. Boroumand Smith was recommended by Legal 500 US in 2015 for Trade Secrets Litigation. She was named a “Future Litigation Star” among California attorneys in the 2016 edition of Benchmark Litigation.