Mr. McNairy is a partner in the Litigation Department of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.  He specializes in matters involving trade secret, non-compete, computer fraud, unfair competition, and related business tort claims. He prosecutes and defends trade secret misappropriation claims, as well as efforts to enforce/invalidate restrictive covenants in employment-related agreements, including obtaining and defending against associated expedited discovery and relief.  Mr. McNairy has represented Fortune 500 companies in some of their most challenging and significant engagements in these areas.  He also provides advice to clients concerning best practices for protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights and addressing restrictive covenants in employment-related agreements.

His practice also focuses on complex business litigation involving, among other things: breach of contract; fraud; insurance bad faith; franchise, dealer and distribution disputes; business torts; false advertising; discriminatory pricing; and commercial loan enforcement (enforcement of loan guarantees and judicial foreclosure).  He has represented clients in state and federal courts, including jury trials and appellate matters, and in alternative dispute resolution (arbitrations and mediations).

Representative matters include working for privately held and publicly traded entities in the technology, semiconductor, nanotechnology, healthcare, banking, financial services, insurance, wholesale commercial goods, coatings, broadcast and internet media, retail consumer products, food service, and construction industries.

Mr. McNairy serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the State Bar of California’s Intellectual Property Law Section.  He routinely writes and presents on trade secret, non-compete and computer fraud issues and is a contributing editor to the 2011 Supplement to Trade Secret Litigation and Protection in California, a widely referenced publication of the Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar of California. 

Mr. McNairy is a partner in the Litigation Department of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.  He specializes in matters involving trade secret, non-compete, computer fraud, unfair competition, and related business tort claims. He prosecutes and defends trade secret misappropriation claims, as well as efforts to enforce/invalidate restrictive covenants in employment-related agreements, including obtaining and defending against associated expedited discovery and relief.  Mr. McNairy has represented Fortune 500 companies in some of their most challenging and significant engagements in these areas.  He also provides advice to clients concerning best practices for protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights and addressing restrictive covenants in employment-related agreements.

His practice also focuses on complex business litigation involving, among other things: breach of contract; fraud; insurance bad faith; franchise, dealer and distribution disputes; business torts; false advertising; discriminatory pricing; and commercial loan enforcement (enforcement of loan guarantees and judicial foreclosure).  He has represented clients in state and federal courts, including jury trials and appellate matters, and in alternative dispute resolution (arbitrations and mediations).

Representative matters include working for privately held and publicly traded entities in the technology, semiconductor, nanotechnology, healthcare, banking, financial services, insurance, wholesale commercial goods, coatings, broadcast and internet media, retail consumer products, food service, and construction industries.

Mr. McNairy serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the State Bar of California’s Intellectual Property Law Section.  He routinely writes and presents on trade secret, non-compete and computer fraud issues and is a contributing editor to the 2011 Supplement to Trade Secret Litigation and Protection in California, a widely referenced publication of the Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar of California.