Munck Wilson Mandala

31 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

Biography

Mr. Handal is a skilled litigator dedicated to navigating complex business disputes involving Intellectual Property, breaches of fiduciary duty, partnership break-ups, professional liability, product liability, trademark infringement, trade secrets, data breaches, and Lanham Act violations. He has over 40 years of first-chair litigation experience in Federal, State, and Administrative tribunals. He has represented clients from all over the world, tried over 100 matters, and has been lead counsel in over 170 patent litigation cases.

Mr. Handal is well known, at home and abroad, for his skills before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Patent Trial and Appeals Board, and various Federal Appeals Courts, District and State Courts. He represented clients in 17 IPRs, trying three to successful conclusion and he successfully tried cases before the International Trade Commission.

Mr. Handal regularly advises international clients in the United States as well as American clients on doing business overseas. His international reach extends from Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and the entire Middle East to China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and the rest of the Pacific Rim.

In addition to his litigation practice, Mr. Handal advises and represents clients in buy/sell side mid-sized M&A transactions, including leading due diligence, data room management, contract negotiations, and drafting purchase and sale documents.

Munck Wilson Mandala

31 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • University of California - Los Angeles, economics, graduated 1980
  • Southwestern University School of Law, JD, graduated 1982

  • California, The State Bar of California, 1984

  • U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
  • California Supreme Court
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • California, The State Bar of California, 1984
  • University of California - Los Angeles, economics, graduated 1980
  • Southwestern University School of Law, JD, graduated 1982
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
  • California Supreme Court
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Patent Law
  • Trade Secrets Law
  • Trademark Law
Awards:
  • Best Lawyers in America 2023-2024

Case History

Cases
  • Patent Harbor, LLC v. Audiovox Corporation, et al.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Case No. 6:10-cv-361-LED-JDL, Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, Docket No. 13- 1341, representing defendant and appellee in patent infringement litigation involving technology for generating and displaying DVD content menus
  • eDigital Corporation v. Apple, Inc., et al.,
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, representing plaintiff patent holder in more than 20 patent infringement lawsuits against smartphone, tablet, and camera manufacturers and retailers in effort to enforce client’s flash memory-related patents
  • Carroll Shelby v. Halicki
Central District of California. Trade dress, Trademark, breach of contract. High value dispute over the Shelby GT500CR vehicle and its alleged impersonation of the “Eleanor” car character from the movie Gone in 60 Seconds
  • Race Winning Brands v. Gearhar
Central District of California. Employer action against employee who left to work for a competitor. Trade Secret, Cyber theft, breach of contract

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