MEGAN WHYMAN OLESEK
PARTNER
olesek@turnerboyd.com
650.265.6109
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• University of California, Davis, B.A., with Honors, 1993 (Chancellor’s Scholar)
• University of California, Davis School of Law, J.D., 1997
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• State Bar of California
• United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• United States District Court, California (all Districts)
• United States District Court, Texas (Eastern and Western Districts)
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Presentations
• Panelist, Patent Law Year in Review, 19th Annual Golden Gate University School of Law Intellectual Property Law Conference (April 2021)
• Panelist, From Servers to Car Dealerships: Venue and Transfer, 20th Annual Berkeley-Stanford Advanced Patent Law Institute (December 2019)
• Panelist, Surveying Patent Law’s Ever-Changing Landscape — 2019 and Beyond, Golden Gate University School of Law 18th Annual Conference on Recent Developments in IP Law (October 2019)
• Moderator, Closing the Deal: From the Boardroom to the Courtroom, Embarcadero Networking Group, San Francisco (August 2017)
Publications
• What Every General Counsel Needs to Know About the ITC, in Los Angeles Daily Journal, July 17, 2017
• Farewell Bare Bones Patent Complaints, in Los Angeles Daily Journal, July 20, 2016
Megan Whyman Olesek is an experienced trial attorney who represents Silicon Valley technology companies in intellectual property litigation in the U.S. International Trade Commission and U.S. District Courts around the country, including all California districts, Delaware and the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Her experience includes actions involving patent, trademark and copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation, complex business disputes, appeals and pre-litigation negotiations. She has developed close, trusted relationships with clients by offering strategic and practical advice tailored to their business priorities and values.
In addition to her experience as trial and appellate counsel, Megan has served clients by disposing of cases prior to trial through motion practice. She has obtained summary determination in the ITC and summary judgment in U.S. District Courts in California and Delaware.
Megan has been recognized as a California “IP Star” by Managing Intellectual Property (2014,2016-2023) and also was honored in the inaugural edition of Managing Intellectual Property’s “IP Stars – Top 250 Women in IP” (2013). She also was named among “The Best Lawyers in the Bay Area” in patent litigation by Bay Area Lawyer Magazine in 2005 and 2006 and was named among the 2023 and 2024 “Best Lawyers in America” for patent litigation.
Megan is a 1997 graduate of the University of California, Davis, King Hall School of Law, where she chaired the Moot Court Board and was a member of the UC Davis Law Review and the National Moot Court Team.
