Profilo
Darshan N. Patel maintains a complex commercial litigation practice, with an emphasis on business tort and unfair competition, commercial contract, intellectual property, and antitrust disputes. He has represented companies of all sizes (from closely-held private corporates to large entities with a global presence) in federal and state court disputes and class actions, across a range of industries, from health care to retail products.
Darshan handles all phases of the litigation process: from initial investigation, to motion practice, discovery, dispositive motions, and trial preparation. He works closely with clients to develop practical and efficient strategies for resolving disputes that adapt to the real-time needs of the client’s business concerns. And he focuses attention and effort on how to pursue desired outcomes in high-pressure, bet-the-company disputes.
Concentrations
- General business litigation
- Consumer protection and unfair business practices litigation (UCL, FAL, CLRA)
- Civil antitrust litigation and counseling
Competenze
Esperienze Professionali - Attività Accademiche
- Obtained recovery for global consumable goods producer after it was sold a defective machinery.°
- Obtained recovery for leading fire safety company against competitor in trade secret and business tort dispute.°
- Successfully had state law commercial claims brought against major airline in California state court stayed and transferred to Illinois state court. °
- Dismissal of copyright and trademark infringement claims against local designer brought by former employer.°
- Dismissal of contract claims against veterinary clinic chain brought in New York state court.°
- Dismissal of all claims brought by individual plaintiff against leading telecommunications company in California federal court and designation of plaintiff as a vexatious litigant.°
- Successfully had California common law and statutory claims brought against major online textbook company compelled from California federal district court to arbitration.°
- Represented a major hospital system in a putative class action alleging a “no-poach” conspiracy involving healthcare workers in Central Pennsylvania.°
- Represented a foreign pharmaceutical manufacturer against allegations that it agreed to fix the prices of certain pharmaceutical drugs in the United States.°
- Represented a manufacturer of electronic scooters and a local government entity in products liability and common law tort class action brought in California state court.°
- Represented international fashion retailer in commercial lease dispute against commercial landlord pending in California state court.°
- Represented global consumable products producer against false advertising and consumer protection class action in California federal district court.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Patel prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
- Adjunct Professor, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, 2022
- Judicial Extern, Hon. R. Gary Klausner, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 2020
Formazione
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Laurea magistrale in Giurisprudenza, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
- Chief Production Editor, Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review
- Diploma di maturità, with distinction, University of California at San Diego
- California
- Inglese
- Gujarati
- Spagnolo