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Jackie Nakamura

Partner, Attorney, Mediator

Jackie Nakamura, legal expert

An experienced federal court litigator and counselor, Jackie Nakamura represented clients ranging from early stage to Fortune 500 companies on technologies including pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical devices, healthcare systems and e-commerce systems.  She handled all aspects of federal court patent litigation and strategic counseling.  Jackie Nakamura’s international legal experience includes supervising and coordinating trial and appellate counsel in multiple jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Japan and Australia.  As a law firm partner, she led efforts to recruit, train and supervise large teams of attorneys and legal professionals.   

In 2010, Jackie Nakamura served as a member of the Advisory Committee on Protective Orders to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.   

Since 2011, Jackie Nakamura has focused on providing mediation and litigation consulting services.  She has handled a wide variety of matters, including antitrust, securities and consumer class actions, discovery disputes, breach of contract and attorney fees.  As part of her pro bono work, Jackie Nakamura volunteers by conducting settlement conferences.   

Jackie Nakamura supports the Japanese American Citizens’ League, San Jose Chapter, sponsoring a scholarship for college-bound high school seniors and the Asian Law Alliance in San Jose, California.  

Experience

2012-present: Mediation, settlement, litigation consulting

 

1991-2011: Attorney specializing in complex litigation and counseling, intellectual property, general commercial and technology litigation

Education

University of California, Berkeley School of Law, JD 1990

Stanford University, BS Biological Sciences with honors, 1984

Admissions

  • California State Bar 

  • Massachusetts State Bar (inactive status)

  • United States Courts of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Ninth Circuit, Eleventh Circuit

  • United States District Courts for the Northern District of California, Southern District of California, District of Massachusetts

  • United States Patent and Trademark Office

Publication and Presentations

  • United States Patent Marking and Notice Statute, P Moore and J Nakamura, 22 AIPLA Q. J. 85 (1994)

  • Strategies for Concurrent Patent Litigation and Reexamination, Patent Law Institute, San Francisco and

  • New York (2010)

  • United States Patent Law Reform, DeClercq Brants and Partners, Sint‐Martens‐Latem, Belgium (2010)

  • United States Patent Reexamination and Litigation, Novartis, Basel, Emeryville, Élan Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, and Geron, Menlo Park (2009)

Professional and Community Interests

  • Member of Advisory Committee on Protective Orders to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (2010)

  • Member of Asian Law Alliance Advisory Board, San Jose (2007 - present)

  • Japanese American Citizens’ League, San Jose Chapter, sponsor of Nakamura Memorial Scholarship for college‐bound high school seniors (2000 ‐ present)

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