Associé
Managing Partner of Northern California
Edward D. Johnson
Commercial Litigation, Class Actions & Aggregate Litigation, Intellectual Property Counseling & Prosecution
"A tremendous, positive, constructive force and a talented strategist."
Ward is "an accomplished litigator...." "[a]rticulate in the courtroom", "he is commended for his courtroom skills, with clients. . . praising his ability to 'distil technical concepts into an easily understandable form.'"
Ward has "the unique ability to get inside the other parties' strategy."
"Clients 'think very highly of' Ward who is highly sought for his expertise in litigation related to antitrust and technology matters." He "is regarded as a strong presence in the marketplace."
Aperçu
Ward Johnson regularly serves as lead counsel in high-stakes commercial litigation. Ward is experienced at successfully defending technology companies in complex commercial, IP, product liability and tort litigation. Ward “commands the courtroom with his honed trial skills” IAM 1000 2025. Ward "has finely honed trial expertise as a result of his exposure to complex commercial, IP and antitrust cases." IAM 1000. Ward has "a great understanding of the business realities we face," and is "very good at identifying obstacles and solutions." Chambers USA. Ward litigates "with tactical wisdom and creativity; his storytelling abilities are on point regardless of subject matter, not least thanks to the variety of cases – commercial, antitrust and consumer class action lawsuits – he sees." IAM 1000. "His strategic skills when looking at the battle landscape are exceptional, and he brings creativity and out-of-the-box thinking to the table.'" IAM 1000.
Ward has served on Mayer Brown's worldwide Partnership Board and is Managing Partner of Mayer Brown's Northern California offices in Palo Alto and San Francisco.
Expérience
- Lead counsel for major multinational technology companies in multiple complex commercial and class action litigations related to e-commerce, internet advertising and data privacy and contractual disputes.
- Lead counsel for major technology innovators in patent, antitrust and other litigations concerning their intellectual property and essential technology standards.
- Successfully proved no liability in toxic tort and novel epigenetics claims against major semiconductor manufacturing clients in multistate “clean room” litigation.
- Lead trial counsel for multinational technology companies in both federal district courts in the U.S. and international arbitrations (ICC, AAA, WIPO) relating to high stakes cross-border intellectual property, contract and patent licensing disputes.
- Eight figure jury verdict (after a six-week jury trial in Santa Clara County) for client in semiconductor product liability case.
Formation
- Yale Law School, JD
Editor, Yale Law & Policy Review - University of Virginia, BA, with highest distinction
Robert K. Gooch Scholar
Inscription au Barreau
- Californie
- New York
Courts
- US Supreme Court
- US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- US District Court for the Northern District of California
- US District Court for the Central District of California
- US District Court for the Eastern District of California
- US District Court for the Southern District of California
- US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- US District Court for the Southern District of New York
- US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- US District Court for the District of Nevada
- US District Court for the District of Utah
- US Court of Federal Claims