Jennifer Huber’s practice includes a range of civil and criminal litigation matters, including securities, legal malpractice, intellectual property, and white-collar criminal defense. Her clients have included executives of publicly traded companies, large corporations, and San Francisco law firms.
Ms. Huber has been an active member of two trial teams. She served as second chair on a federal jury trial in a Section 1983 action. She also served as lead associate in a Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement action; helping to secure a directed defense verdict following a two-week jury trial.
Cases of Note
United States v. Michael Shanahan Jr.: In a criminal options backdating case, we secured a dismissal before trial for Michael Shanahan Jr., who served on Engineered Support Systems Inc.'s board of directors and was a member of the company's compensation committee. We also represented him in a parallel options backdating action brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission. After eight days of trial testimony, a federal judge in Missouri granted our motion for judgment as a matter of law.
Apple Inc. v. HTC Corp: We are lead counsel for HTC, a Taiwan-based manufacturer of handheld devices, in its ongoing battle with Apple over smartphone technology. Apple has charged HTC with patent infringement in district court and before the International Trade Commission (ITC). We are also representing HTC as a plaintiff in a separate ITC proceeding in which the company is asserting its own patents against Apple.
Deasy v. State of California: We represented Annika Deasy, a Swedish national convicted of accessory to murder, in her quest for parole. Ms. Deasy was involved in a crime spree in which her boyfriend shot and killed two men. After pleading guilty she was sentenced to prison at the California Institution for Women. While in prison, Ms. Deasy completed a remarkable rehabilitation. She conquered her heroin addiction, established a prison Narcotics Anonymous meeting, religious ministry and a guide dog training program for her fellow inmates. Despite her commitment to reform and admission of guilt, Ms. Deasy was twice denied parole. Once we began representing Ms. Deasy pro bono in her parole-board hearings and related proceedings, we were able to arrange for her transfer to a Swedish prison in 2009 and her eventual release in 2011.
Awards and Honors
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Editor, Berkeley Journal of Gender Law and Justice, UC Berkeley School of Law , 2004-2005
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Prosser Award in Advanced Legal Research, 2006
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Moot Court Advocacy Award, 2003