Tharan Gregory Lanier
Partner at JONES DAY®
- Role
- Partner at Jones Day
- Location
- Palo Alto, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Tharan Gregory Lanier
Greg Lanier has over 35 years of experience trying intellectual property and complex business disputes for companies around the globe. Greg has handled jury and bench trials, arbitrations, injunction proceedings and major hearings in venues throughout the United States, often in coordination with non-US litigation proceedings. Greg regularly advises on IP and litigation issues arising in corporate transactions and internal investigations, and has led IP enforcement efforts against competitors and departing employees. Greg has also personally handled appeals at the Federal, Fifth, and Ninth Circuits and in California\'s appellate courts.Greg\'s broad experience has received significant recognition. He has been named by the Daily Journal as a \"Top IP Lawyer\" in California, and selected as a \"Lawyer of the Week\" by The American Lawyer. Greg was described in IAM Patent 2016 — The World\'s Leading Patent Professionals as a \"globe-trotting litigator and consummate counselor.\" Greg is included in The Best Lawyers in America, recommended by the Legal 500 for patent litigation, and regularly listed in Managing IP and Super Lawyers for IP litigation.Greg was born and raised in Silicon Valley, and has served on the UC Hastings Foundation Board of Trustees and the Leadership Board of the College of Arts and Sciences of Santa Clara University.
Experience
Partner
Nov 2002 — Present
Education
Santa Clara University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), cum laude, Philosophy
1981 — 1985
Bellarmine College Prep
High School Diploma
1977 — 1981
University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings)
Doctor of Law (J.D.), Law
1985 — 1988
Skills
- Commercial Litigation
- Trade Secrets
- Civil Litigation
- Intellectual Property
- Licensing
- Patent Litigation
- Litigation
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