Awards & Rankings 08.17.23
Best Lawyers Recognizes 193 Pillsbury Lawyers in Latest Guide
Among the honorees are 8 Lawyers of the Year and 55 Ones to Watch
Source: The Best Lawyers Guides
Colin’s courtroom presence is incredible. He is one of the very best I have seen in court. I use him for all of my significant cases.
Colin Kemp focuses his practice on assisting clients with high-stakes litigation matters.
Colin is a trial lawyer in Pillsbury’s recognized Intellectual Property and Insurance Recovery & Advisory practice groups. Colin has tried patent, trademark and insurance cases—and criminal cases, as a visiting Alameda County deputy district attorney in 2005.
Jurors have praised his “mad skills” and called him “the killer.” Leveraging his background in biology and philosophy, Colin understands the complicated scientific issues in his cases, and is able to explain them in layman’s terms to juries.
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Victaulic Company, the world leader in couplings and mechanical pipe joining devices, uses Colin as coordinating and trial counsel on all manner of litigation, including IP, insurance recovery and product liability matters.
But it’s not all about “trials.” Colin also provides strategic advice and counsel to Victaulic and such other clients as the Klamath River Renewal Corporation, the entity overseeing the largest dam removal project in U.S. history, and JUUL Labs, Inc., the entity working to transition adult smokers away from and eliminating combustible cigarettes.
Colin is also heavily involved in the local legal community, where he has served on the Northern District of California’s Civil Local Rules Committee for over nine years, acting as a liaison between the San Francisco bar and judges of the Northern District in issues of civil rules and procedure. He has been continuously involved with the Bar Association of San Francisco in many ways, as well.
Colin has been a constant in Pillsbury’s management and leadership in his 20+ years with the firm. Among other committee work and the like, Colin is the immediate former head of Pillsbury’s San Francisco Litigation Group (2017 – 2023), including during the COVID-19 pandemic, is on the San Francisco Recruiting Committee (2016 – present), and teaches the firm’s Trial Advocacy Program (2018 – present).
Intellectual Property
Representing Victaulic Company in a variety of IP litigation matters, including:
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Intellectual Property (cont'd)
Other Representative IP Matters
Biotech/Pharmaceuticals
Insurance Recovery
Recognized by Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” in Northern California (2011 – 2014) and by The Legal 500 U.S., General Commercial Disputes (2017) and Insurance: Advice to Policyholders (2018 – 2019).
Recognized by Best Lawyers (published by BL Rankings LLC), Litigation – Intellectual Property (2021 – 2024).
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Associations & Committees
Member, Advisory Committee on Civil Rules & Practice, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (Local Rules Attorney Advisory Committees | United States District Court, Northern District of California (uscourts.gov)) (2016 – Present)
Member, Judiciary Committee, Bar Association of San Francisco (2020 – 2022)
Member, Board of Directors, Bar Association of San Francisco (2017 – 2019)
Member, Board of Directors, Justice & Diversity Center of The Bar Association of San Francisco (2014 – 2016)
Education
J.D., Santa Clara University School of Law, 2001
cum laude
B.S., Lewis & Clark College, 1996
Double Major in Biology and Philosophy
Admissions
California