Leila Wisdom represents clients in investigations before federal prosecutors and complex litigation matters in both state and federal courts. In her investigations practice, Ms. Wisdom works on teams advocating for startup companies as well as Fortune 100 companies. Ms. Wisdom’s litigation practice is focused on consumer protection, misappropriation of trade secrets and various business torts, as well as defending against False Claims Act litigation. Ms. Wisdom was part of a team representing a multinational business software company in an administrative hearing in front of the Federal Trade Commission.  She’s helped multiple clients secure early dismissals of misappropriation of trade secrets and related claims. Ms. Wisdom has also prepared arguments for multiple mock jury exercises in False Claims Act matters.

Ms. Wisdom maintains an active pro bono practice focused on fair housing and civil rights. For instance, she second-chaired multiple depositions in a Connecticut Fair Housing Act case seeking injunctive relief requiring local action to address regional affordable housing needs and patterns of racial and economic segregation.

Prior to joining the firm as an associate, Ms. Wisdom served as an intern at the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York in the Civil Division and as a Corporate Fraud Strike Force Law Clerk at the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California. Ms. Wisdom was a Student Advocate at the Workers’ Rights Clinic at Berkeley Law and a Written and Oral Advocacy tutor for first year Berkeley Law students. Prior to law school, Ms. Wisdom worked at the firm as a litigation project assistant.