Mindy focuses her practice on high-stakes litigation in the areas of healthcare, trade secrets, technology and internet law. She leads Procopio’s Health Care practice as well as its Trade Secrets practice.

She represents healthcare providers throughout California in civil lawsuits and judicial review hearings. She helps clients resolve disputes involving trade secret, patent, trademark, copyright, computer fraud and other contentious issues.

Mindy also litigates cutting-edge cases at the intersection of technology and free speech issues, defending internet companies against defamation, copyright, trademark and related claims on First Amendment, Communications Decency Act (CDA) Section 230, Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and US SPEECH Act grounds.

Mindy works closely with clients to resolve disputes quickly and efficiently when litigation is not in their strategic interests. When early resolution is not possible, she is a zealous and professional advocate with jury trial experience.

She also leads Procopio’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, and is proud of the firm achieving Mansfield Rule Certified Plus status two years running.

COMMUNITY

• Co-Chair, ABA Trade Secrets Committee, Intellectual Property Section, 2021-present

• Sedona Conference Working Group 12 on Trade Secrets

o Steering Committee Member, 2021 – present

o Brainstorming Group Co-Leader, 2021 – present

o Contributing Editor, 2018 – present

• Board Member, Secretary, Santa Clara Vanguard, 2021 – present

• Co-Chair, Next Gen Mock Pitch Committee, ChIPs, 2015 – present

• Founder, Women Helping Women Network, 2019 – present

• Mentor and Group Leader, HiPower, 2019 – present

• SF Bay Area Intellectual Property Inn of Court, Master of the Bench and June Pupillage Group Leader, 2015 – present

• UC Berkeley, Women in Leadership, Co-Chair, 2020 – present

• Co-Director, Lyric Theatre Victorian Carolers, 2014 – present

• UC Berkeley Class of 1994 Reunion Committee, Chair of 25th Reunion

• The CLUB, former Vice President of Operations and Board Member

• Santa Clara County Bar Association, 2012 President

• Schola Cantorum, past Chair of the Board of Directors

EDUCATION

JD, Yale Law School (Editor – Yale Law Journal), 1997

BA, University of California, Berkeley (Highest Distinction in General Scholarship, Highest Honors in Political Science, Phi Beta Kappa), 1994

RECENT THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

• Panelist. “Protecting Children Online,” Stanford’s Digital Economy Best Practices Conference, Palo Alto, CA, June 12, 2023.

• Presenter. “Protecting the Crown Jewels… Tips and Trends in Trade Secret Law,” ACC San Diego La-LAW-palooza, San Diego, CA, April 21, 2023.

• Panelist. “Tips and Trends in Trade Secrets Law,” Procopio event, Irvine, CA, March 22, 2023.

• Panelist. “Exploring the Contours of What is a Trade Secret: A deep dive on confidential information vs. trade secrets, employee’s general skill and knowledge vs. an employer’s trade secrets, and their role in the enforcement of restrictive covenants,” 2022 AIPLA Trade Secret Summit, Miami, FL, December 9, 2022.

• Panelist. “Trade Secrets — It’s Heating Up,” Centerforce IP Strategy Summit West, Palo Alto, CA, October 11, 2022.

• Panelist. “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Metaverse,” Digital Economy Best Practices 2022, Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, CA, June 13, 2022.

• Co-editor. “Commentary on Equitable Remedies in Trade Secret Litigation,” The Sedona Conference Working Group on Trade Secrets, March 2022.

• Author. “Why Companies Should Care About Increasing Criminal Enforcement of Trade Secret Theft,” State Bar of Michigan IPLS Proceedings, Volume 32, Issue 2, 2021.

• Co-presenter. “Trade Secrets – The Protection vs. Promotion Conundrum Explained,” July 21, 2021.

• Panelist. “Litigation Trends and Recent Cases,” Practising Law Institute’s Advanced Trade Secrets Law Program, October 13, 2021.

• Co-author. “Trade Secrets Protection: Some Common Sense and an Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure,” August 3, 2021.

• Co-author. “ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law, Trade Secrets Interferences with Contracts Committee Annual Trade Secret Law Report 2019/2020,” American Bar Association, May 2021.

• Panelist. “Global Perspectives to Maintain Your Competitive Edge Through IP,” ABA Intellectual Property Law Section Annual Meeting, April 14, 2021.

OPEN TO

Complex litigation involving trade secrets, healthcare, internet law, IP, and contracts/licensing; board membership.

SPEAKING TOPICS

• Trade Secrets

• DEI in law firms

• Section 230

• Mentorship/sponsorship

• Work/life prioritization