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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Meredith Dearborn is joining the firm as a partner in the Litigation Department. Ms. Dearborn will be part of a new office the firm is planning in Northern California. Ms. Dearborn, an experienced trial lawyer, has litigated numerous high-stakes commercial cases around the country on behalf of leading technology businesses and other Fortune 100 companies.
“Meredith adds to the extraordinary talent of our partnership,” said Paul, Weiss Chairman Brad S. Karp. “Her experience and track record of success on behalf of the nation’s largest technology companies, in their most important matters, will be of great benefit to our clients, including many based on the West Coast.”
Ms. Dearborn represents clients in disputes involving intellectual property, contracts, California state statutory and common law and antitrust law, with a particular focus on the technology sector. She has taken eight cases to trial, including a successful defense for which she and colleagues were honored as “Litigators of the Week” by The American Lawyer. Ms. Dearborn has long been recognized for her skill set and dynamism; in recent years, she has been recognized as one of Silicon Valley’s “40 Under 40” by Silicon Valley Business Journal and as a Next Generation honoree in The Recorder’s 2018 “Women Leaders in Tech Law,” among others. She is also a Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School.
Ms. Dearborn earned her J.D. at University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif, and her B.A., cum laude, from Yale University. Ms. Dearborn clerked for the Hon. John C. Coughenour in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
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