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Isaac D. Chaput

Partner

San Francisco +1 415 591 7020

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    Isaac Chaput handles complex commercial litigation, class actions, and mass torts.

    Isaac represents clients across a range of industries with a particular focus on technology and life sciences. Their practice encompasses privacy, product liability, trademark, trade secret, antitrust, breach of contract, and other commercial matters. Isaac has significant first-chair experience, having examined witnesses at trial, taken dozens of depositions, and argued numerous trial court motions and appeals. Clients value Isaac’s creative, practical, and business-focused advice throughout the litigation lifecycle. They also frequently provide pre-litigation advice to clients facing potential commercial disputes, helping their clients obtain favorable resolutions while avoiding litigation. Isaac maintains an active pro bono practice, including representing transgender and non-binary individuals in civil rights cases.

    Isaac is an advocate for and leader in Covington’s LGBTQ+ community and is deeply involved in the firm’s efforts to recruit and mentor diverse attorneys, including LGBTQ+ attorneys.

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  • Representative Matters
    • Representation of leading technology company in putative privacy class action relating to generative artificial intelligence services.
    • Representation of leading pharmaceutical company in trade secret and breach of contract arbitration, obtaining a complete defense victory against plaintiff’s demands totaling more than $1.8 billion.
    • Representation of consumer products company in trademark infringement lawsuit; won two dismissals, including a Court dismissal of all claims and subsequently a voluntary dismissal by the plaintiff of the second amended complaint.
    • Representation of advisory and investment firm in successful appeal before California Court of Appeal involving personal jurisdiction issues.
    • Representation of major medical device manufacturer in antitrust class action and related competitor litigation.
    • Representation of life sciences/agriculture company as claimant in nine-figure breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty arbitration.
    • Representation of software company in trademark litigation seeking over $100 million in damages.
    • Representation of major food services company in class action litigation regarding labor practices.

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  • Credentials
    Education
    • Washington University School of Law, J.D.
        • summa cum laude
        • Order of the Coif
        • Washington University Law Review, Articles Editor
    • St. Olaf College, B.A.
    Bar Admissions
    • California
    • New York
    Pro Bono
    • Representation of Oklahoma transgender students in case challenging the constitutionality of Oklahoma SB 615, with co-counsel at ACLU, ACLU of Oklahoma, and Lambda Legal.
    • Representation of over 50 Florida doctors in amicus brief supporting proposed Florida constitutional amendment to protect abortion access.
    • Representation of non-binary person in Ninth Circuit appeal of an order granting summary judgment to California correctional officers for failure to protect against a sexual assault.

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