David Almeling

O'Melveny & Myers LLP

David is a partner in the San Francisco office of O'Melveny & Myers LLP and Chair of the firm's Trade Secret Group. He is also the Chair of The Sedona Conference Working Group 12 on Trade Secrets. David has been recognized by IAM Patent 1000, Law 360, Legal 500, Managing IP, the National Law Journal, Who's Who, World Intellectual Property Review and others as one of the country's leading attorneys in trade secret law. He has represented clients in matters that span the full range of trade secret and employee mobility counseling and litigation. His book, Trade Secret Law and Corporate Strategy, is in its fourth edition. He is one of seven co-authors of the Trade Secret Case Management Judicial Guide, a 400-page treatise published by the Federal Judicial Center. He has also taught trade secret law at UC Berkeley Law School since 2019.