Berman, Debbie

First-chair trial lawyer Debbie Berman is co-chair of Jenner & Block’s Business Litigation Practice and its Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants Practice. She is the lead lawyer for Hetronic in the Hetronic. v. Abitron litigation. She also represents Hetronic and its parent, Methode Electronics, Inc., as international coordinating counsel for a number of related trademark and trade dress matters in EUIPO and courts in Germany, with one of those matters having been heard by the Court of Justice of the European Union. She has a long track record of litigating significant trademark and trade secrets cases, including PepsiCo, Inc. v. Redmond, the seminal Seventh Circuit case concerning the inevitable disclosure doctrine, both at the trial and appellate level. Debbie is nationally recognized and ranked by Chambers USA and Legal 500 and has been recognized as a top litigator by a variety of other publications including The American Lawyer and Crain’s. She is the creator and co-author of Jenner & Block’s publication Understanding and Litigating Trade Secrets: An Outline for Analyzing the Statutory and Common Law of Trade Secrets in Illinois and is a recognized thought leader on the changing landscape of restrictive covenants. Debbie is Co-Chair of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee.