ND Galli Law Firm

Firm overview:

Certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise since 2017, ND Galli Law is called upon by businesses to handle complex IP and technical cases involving patents or trade secrets. Since its inception in 2015 by managing member Nicole Galli, the firm has grown from one lawyer to seven and has represented clients from individual inventors to Fortune 500 companies.

It also advises numerous emerging growth businesses, particularly those owned by women or diverse founders and/or those with a focus on social impact.

Despite its small size, the firm represents an exceptional depth of knowledge on trade secrets matters, and has been involved with significant matters in recent years including several that raised novel questions of law under the Defend Trade Secrets Act.

Team overview:

Nicole Galli leads the firm’s trade secrets practice. An outspoken proponent of developing best practices for trade secrets management for more than a decade, Galli has worked extensively with the Sedona Conference Working Group (12) on Trade Secrets and is recognised as a thought leader in the area.

ND Galli Law has five lawyers with significant activity in trade secrets, as well as one contract attorney. Notable litigators at the firm include Deanne Cevasco, who joined the firm in 2023 bringing a wealth of trade secrets experience and knowledge of molecular biology.