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Benjamin K. Riley
525 Market Street
Suite 3600
San Francisco, CA 94105-2708
+1 415.848.4950
+1 415.848.4999 (Fax)
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Ben Riley’s legal practice covers a broad range of complex business litigation, with specialties in technology-related litigation, trade secrets, patents, business accounting issues, contract and licensing matters, unfair competition, construction and real property litigation, and probate litigation. He has tried over 20 cases to verdict, including jury trials, court trials and complex arbitrations. Mr. Riley co-led a team that obtained a defense verdict in a six-week securities class action jury trial with $240 million in dispute, reported to be the year’s largest defense victory in a jury trial in California.
Mr. Riley is a past President of the Northern California Chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, a 2000-member organization of the Bay Area’s commercial and intellectual property judges and litigators. Ben is also an expert in commercial arbitration law and procedure and frequently handles significant matters before the world’s leading arbitration forums. He has been selected as one of 13 California attorneys listed in Who’s Who of Commercial Arbitration, and was named as a "2002 California Lawyer of the Year." In addition, he has been named a Northern California Super Lawyer by the Daily Journal from 2005-2010.
Mr. Riley has dedicated his career to becoming a top business trial lawyer. He has the expertise, experience and reputation to successfully and efficiently handle any complex business dispute before a jury, judge or arbitration panel. Howrey’s and Mr. Riley’s focus on high-stakes, commercial litigation make for a winning team.
Representative Highlights
- Actuate v. Washington Mutual. Represented Washington Mutual and JPMorgan Chase in defense of case for alleged copyright violations and breach of license for database management software.
- Juarez v. Jani-King. Defense of national cleaning franchisor in alleged wage and hour class action.
- Pokorny v. Quixtar. Represent distributor in alleged RICO national class action.
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Courts & Adjudicative Bodies
- United States District Court for the Central District of California
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- United States District Court for the Southern District of California
Education
- University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall) (JD, Law, 1983)
- Dartmouth College (AB, History, 1979)
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