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Brenden Cline

Associate

Washington +1 202 662 5194

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    Brenden Cline focuses his practice on complex commercial and government-facing litigation. He has handled a wide range of civil matters, including business torts, contract, defamation, environmental, and intellectual property cases. He also has significant experience with constitutional and Administrative Procedure Act (APA) challenges. Brenden has successfully represented plaintiffs and defendants in all stages of litigation, from discovery and dispositive motions through appeals.

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    • Secured preliminary injunction of unconstitutional state law on behalf of a leading technology company.
    • Secured preliminary injunction of unconstitutional state law on behalf of a civil rights nonprofit and briefed Fifth Circuit emergency appeal.
    • Represented railroad company in contract dispute with competitor before Surface Transportation Board and in federal court.
    • Represented major corporation in complex, multi-state product liability litigation.
    • Represented publicly traded company in defamation action against short-sellers behind a hit piece, with successful proceedings in federal and state court and on appeal.
    • Represented semiconductor technology company in billion-dollar lawsuit against a major licensee.
    • Represented enterprise data cloud company in trade secrets litigation against competitor and former employees.
    • Represented cloud application services company in lawsuit claiming ownership of its intellectual property.
    • Represented healthcare providers in multi-state litigation seeking reimbursement from health insurers for out-of-network services.

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  • Credentials
    Education
    • Harvard Law School, J.D., 2016
        • cum laude
        • Harvard Environmental Law Review, Editor-in-Chief
    • Columbia University, B.A., 2011
        • cum laude
    Bar Admissions
    • District of Columbia
    • Colorado
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judicial Clerkship
    • Hon. Ronald M. Gould, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2017 - 2018
    • Hon. R. Brooke Jackson, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2016 - 2017

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