Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Rod McLeod's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation, and international arbitration. He has tried to verdict and arbitrated a wide range of commercial disputes in state and federal courts across the country and internationally for companies such as GAP, HSBC, Wells Fargo Bank, Nokia, Pohang Steel America Corp., California Pacific Homes, The Parsons Corporation, Philippine Airlines, and Synopsys. Rod has extensive experience with international arbitrations, mediations, and alternative dispute mechanisms. Rod has been a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London) for more than 10 years.

Rod's representative matters encompass multiparty and multijurisdictional commercial disputes, technology transfer and licensing disputes, patent and intellectual property matters, class actions, unfair competition and §17200 actions, real property and construction claims, investment partnership disputes, and corporate governance matters. He has also represented multinational companies before the International Trade Commission.

Rod is committed to involvement in community affairs. He has been a member of the board of governors of the State Bar of California. He has also served as a commissioner of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, a California state commission charged to protect San Francisco Bay. He has served on the San Francisco School Board and has been a member of the board of directors of The Bar Association of San Francisco, the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, and other bar associations. He also has been chair of the USF Center for the Pacific Rim, a judge of the Kiriyama Book Prize, and chair of the Asian Business League. Currently, Rod serves on the board of directors of the Asian Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund, the first national college scholarship organization serving the Asian and Pacific Islander communities. In addition, he continues to serve on the boards of other nonprofit and charitable organizations.

Rod has spoken numerous times before bar associations and business groups throughout the world. He is proficient in classical Greek, Latin, Nepali, and Bhojpuri.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
• Class Action Litigation
• Commercial Disputes
• Construction
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• Intellectual Property
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate Governance
• Airlines & Aviation

Representative Cases

• Alexx, Inc. v. Codee Int'l Corp., Case No. 4:07-cv-02182 (N.D.Cal.)
• DSI Technology et al. v. Sourceharbor, Action No. C-03-3468 MMC (N.D. Cal.)
• McMorgan & Company v. First California Mortgage Co., et al.; Three reported decisions: 916 F. Supp. 966 (N.D. Cal. 1995), 931 F. Supp. 699 (N.D. Cal. 1996), and 931 F. Supp. 703 (N.D. Cal. 1996)
• Ocean Beach Homeowners Association v. Branagh, et al., Action No. 870149, San Francisco County Superior Court.
• Pacific Sun Resources PTE, Ltd. v. Gap Inc., et al., Action No. CGC-03-431170, San Francisco County Superior Court
• Sadhwani et al. v. HSBC et al., Action No. 03-00036, (U.S.D.C., Guam)
• Sig Tyr Sig, Inc. et al. v. Philippine Airlines, Inc. et al., Action No. C-00-03683 CW (N.D. Cal.)
• USNR v. CAE, Inc. et al., Action No. CV-00-1413 JO (U.S.D.C., Ore.)
• ITC Carbon Coating Investigation
• Private International Arbitration

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Class Actions, Closely Held Businesses, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Leasing, Complex Litigation, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Copyrights, Corporate Governance, Debtor/Creditor, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Franchising, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, International Trade Litigation, International Transactions, Joint Ventures, Joint Ventures, Lemon Law, Limited Liability Companies, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Patent Litigation, Patents, Reorganizations, Secured Transactions, Shareholders' Rights, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Technology Licensing, Trade Associations, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Transactions, Uniform Commercial Code, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Warranties

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• U of California - Berkeley

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