About the Authors

• Author: Joanna H. Kim-Brunetti - Jeffrey K. Riffer - Gregory S. Bombard - Emily J. Friedman
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Gregory S. Bombard is a tria l attorney at Duane Morris LLP in Bos -

ton. Greg’s practice focuses on claims of trade secret misappropria-

tion and related claims like restrictive covenants, nondisclosure and

confidentiality agreements, and business tort s. Greg is a cochair of the

Boston Bar Association’s IP Litigation Committee and a frequent writer

and presenter on the unique issues arising in trade secret litigation.

Greg is a cum laude graduate of Boston College Law School and was Phi

Beta Kappa at the University of Conne cticut.

Joanna H. Kim-B runetti is General Counsel to Trusaic (First Capitol

Consulting, Inc.), and formerly a partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer

& Feld, LLP, in its Los Angeles office, where she regularly handled

trade secrets litigation. Joanna’s pre-law background is in the environ-

mental and aerospace industry, with a degree in chemical engine ering

from the University of California at Berkeley. Joanna graduated from

Loyola Law School, where she was a member of the St. Thomas More

Law Honor Society and was the chief note and comment editor of the

Entertainment Law Journal.

Emily J. Friedman is a solo practitioner at the Law Office of Emily

J. Friedman where she works as outside in-house counsel for startup

and emerging growth stage corporations in L os Angeles. Emily prac-

tices corporate and intellectual property law. Emily received her

undergraduate in law from Sheffield Hallam University in the United

Kingdom, and received a masters in law from UCLA School of Law,

where she was submissions editor for the Journal of Law and Technol-

ogy. Emily is currently pursuing a masters in computing and informa-

tion technology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Jeffrey K. Rif fer is a partner in Elk ins, Kalt, Weintraub, Reuben and

Gartside, LLP, in Los Angeles. Jeff is a business litigator and regula rly

handles trade secret lawsuits. He previously was the chair, and later

cochair, of the ABA Section of Litigation’s Trade Secrets and Unfair

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