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Sean D. Unger

Partner, Complex Litigation

seanunger@paulhastings.com
San Francisco+1 415 856 7056

Sean D. Unger is a partner in the Litigation Department of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s San Francisco office.

Sean represents and advises clients in mass torts, class actions, antitrust and competition matters, trade secret cases and intellectual property disputes in state and federal courts around the country. His practice emphasizes appellate litigation. He has briefed or argued cases in numerous state and federal courts of appeal. He has represented both parties and amicus before the United States and California supreme courts. Sean has also represented clients in need of post-trial disaster mitigation. He has successfully brought post-trial motions for new trial and motions for judgment as a matter of law, reducing or eliminating multimillion-dollar judgments.

Clients have included a broad range of companies, including Andersen Windows, Samsung, Gallo Wineries, GE, LG Display, Babcock & Wilcox and Quanta Computers.

REPRESENTATIONS de

Appellate and Post-Trial Representations

  • A defendant in a Price Anderson Act case before the 3rd Circuit.

  • A video game company before the California Court of Appeal.

RECOGNITION de

  • Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation

    Best Lawyers in America (2024)

  • Ones to Watch, California

    Best Lawyers in America (2024)

PUBLICATIONS de

  • "Supreme Court Opinion on Preclusive Effect of TTAB’s Registration Decisions Has Important Implications for Trademark Owners," Bloomberg BNA, Co-Author

    2015

  • "Ninth Circuit Comes Around on CAFA," Law360, Co-Author

    2015

ASSOCIATIONS de

  • Former Advisory Board Member

    East Bay Community Law Center

  • Former Board Member

    AIDS Legal Referral Panel

Complex Litigation
International Arbitration
Securities Litigation
Supreme Court & Appellate Litigation