Recognized as one of California’s top trial lawyers, Elizabeth focuses her practice on technology, trade secrets, business disputes, and civil rights. She also manages day-to-day operations of the firm.
A courtroom veteran, Elizabeth brings keen strategic thinking to every step of litigation. In addition to her trial work, she has handled many sensitive investigations and frequently assists clients in risk management. Clients have described Elizabeth as “an excellent trial lawyer” who “communicates well” and has a “strong ability” to solve difficult problems.
Elizabeth has been quoted in The New York Times, Wired Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, The San Jose Mercury News, The Los Angeles Times, and Techdirt, and she has appeared on broadcast outlets such as KQED, NBC Bay Area, and Al Jazeera America. She has spoken at Stanford Law School, the SMU Dedman School of Law, and the Practising Law Institute.
Elizabeth serves as president of the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley’s board of directors. She recently co-chaired the Northern District of California lawyer representatives committee.
- E-mail: epipkin@mcmanislaw.com
- Direct Phone Number: 408-279-8700
- Phone Number: 408-279-8700
- Lawyer Page: https://www.mcmanislaw.com/people/lawyers/elizabeth-pipkin
- 50 West San Fernando Street, 10th Floor
San Jose, CA 95113
- Harvard University, J.D., graduated 2001
- Brigham Young University, B.A.
- Texas, State Bar of Texas
- California, The State Bar of California
- Northern District Practice Program (NDPP) - Board of Directors, 2016 – Present
- Law Foundation of Silicon Valley - President, Board of Directors
- Northern District of California Lawyer Representative - Co-Chair, 2019
- Ninth Circuit Judicial Council - Ninth Circuit Judicial Council Lawyer Representative, 2017-2019
- American Bar Foundation - Fellow
- Harvard Law School Association of Northern California - Executive Board
- Team in Training Cycling Events - Team in Training Cycling Events, 2015 (100 mi) and 2016 (100 km)
- Santa Clara County Bar Association - Member
- California Women Lawyers - Member
- Asian Law Alliance - Jade Circle Supporter
- Harvard Club of Silicon Valley - Member
- U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals
- U.S. District Courts, Northern and Central Districts of California
- U.S. District Courts, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
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4 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
2 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
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Leading Commercial Litigators 2024, Daily Journal
Top 100 Lawyers, Daily Journal, 2014, 2015, 2023
Top Women Lawyers, Daily Journal, 2015, 2020, 2023
California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) Award (Civil Rights), 2015
The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Commercial Litigation, 2024
Northern California Super Lawyers, 2018-2023
Silicon Valley “Women of Influence 2015,” Silicon Valley Business Journal
The National Trial Lawyers, Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers (Northern California)
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) Pro Bono Award, 2015
Asian Pacific Bar Association of Silicon Valley’s Beacon Award for Diversity, 2015
Profiled in Winning: Successful Attorneys and Their Strategies, National Law Journal, 2014
Honored by the naming of the “Elizabeth Pipkin Public Interest Law Fellowship” at the University of Texas School of Law, Sponsored by Bill and Stephanie Whitehurst, 2014
Top “40 under 40” Silicon Valley executives, Silicon Valley Business Journal, 2013
Tribute to Women Award, YWCA of Silicon Valley, 2011
- Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America (limited to top one-half of one (1) percent of trial lawyers)
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