Leah McCoy is a trial lawyer and advocate who focuses on complex commercial litigation involving intellectual property, including utility and design patents, trademarks, and trade secrets, as well as government contracts, securities, products liability, and unfair competition law.
She participates in all aspects of district court and ITC litigation from pre-suit investigation through appeal, including drafting pleadings and motions, overseeing all facets of complex e-discovery, taking and defending depositions, expert reports, briefing claim construction and summary judgment, trial preparation, appellate briefing, and day-to-day management of matters of all sizes. She also represents clients in inter partes review proceedings before the USPTO.
Leah’s practice encompasses a wide range of products, technologies, and industries. Her experience includes LED lighting, optical disk drives, call processing, direct carrier billing, GPS, adjustable bed control systems, fire safety instruments, medical devices, and a variety of consumer products, as well the unique manufacturing and data rights issues resident in the area of federal procurement and U.S. government contracts.
In addition to her complex litigation work, she is also passionate about pro bono work regarding civil liberties issues in criminal cases, including drafting an amicus brief regarding discriminatory peremptory challenges to the Massachusetts Appeals Court and work for the Innocence Project investigating wrongful convictions. She also represents pro bono clients in a variety of intellectual property and family law matters, including trademark registration for small businesses and divorce, custody, guardianship, and domestic violence matters.
