Barker, Diane M.

Lawyer Overview

Diane M. Barker's practice focuses on civil litigation in both California state and federal courts. She represents clients in a wide array of matters including breach of contract, patent infringement, business tort, antitrust, and unfair competition cases. Ms. Barker has experience in all aspects of litigation from pre-suit investigation to post-trial motion practice.

Ms. Barker has handled all aspects of litigation matters including case analysis (drafting internal persuasive and strategic legal memoranda), drafting discovery responses and discovery requests, deposing witnesses, attending case management, status, and discovery conferences, negotiating with opposing counsel, preparing substantive motions and sections of same (oppositions to class certification, demurrers, and motions to dismiss), as well as preparing motions in limine and procedural motions (motions to exclude expert testimony).

In addition to her extensive legal experience, Ms. Barker is a member of the Board of Directors and chairperson of the Advisory Board for the Homeless Children's Network. In this leadership role, she works with the Executive Director and other board members to evaluate budget proposals and make strategic policy decisions.

Notable Cases

Some of Ms. Barker's representative matters include defending a multinational corporation against unfair competition allegations in the mobile wireless industry; defending against allegations of antitrust violations under Section 2 of the Sherman Act in the context of standard setting organizations; defending against putative direct and indirect purchaser class actions which alleged price fixing under Section 1 of the Sherman Act; and defending against over 75 alleged class-action lawsuits claiming monopolization in the microprocessor industry.

Pro-Bono Work

Porter v. Speirs, a tax payer action to improve the practices and conditions within the juvenile detention facilities operated by the Sacramento County Probation Department.

Areas of Practice

• Litigation
• Antitrust
• Competition and Unfair Competition
• Deceptive Trade Practices
• International Law
• Intellectual Property
• Proprietary Rights
• Contract Law

West Practice Categories

Antitrust, Contracts, Intellectual Property, International Law, Litigation & Appeals

Bar Admissions

• California, 2006

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar of California
• American Bar Association
• Bar Association of San Francisco and Queen's Bench

Education

• University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California, 2006
  J.D.
  Law Journal: Berkeley Technology, Former Member
• University of California, Davis, California, 2000
  B.A.
  Honors: With Honors
  Major: Linguistics

Accepts Credit Cards

Published Works

• "Defining the Contours of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act: The Growing Body of Case Law Surrounding the DMCA", Berkeley Technology Law Journal, 20 Berkley Tech. L.J. 47, 2005

Address

2570 West El Camino Real
Suite 440
Mountain View, CA 94040

Phones

866-970-0186
650-209-1230

Faxes

650-209-1231

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