Caroline McIntyre

Known for delivering favorable outcomes in complex securities, venture capital, and business litigation, Caroline McIntyre leverages her trial skills to protect clients' interests and resolve disputes efficiently. Her recent trial achievements include securing a jury verdict for damages and attorney's fees for the purchaser of a high-tech company in a sharply contested retrial involving breach of contract claims.

Caroline represents numerous Silicon Valley and Bay Area technology and financial industry clients—directors, officers, and companies—in high-stakes individual, derivative, and class action litigation and trials. She has led Bergeson, LLP as Managing Partner since 2003.

In securities litigation, Caroline's effective defense and strategies address the upfront battles and unique issues in these cases. She acts to resolve disputes early when possible, from knocking out claims of breach of fiduciary duty and other allegations to lowering damage claims, targeting discovery, and defending depositions.

Trial Power in Complex Business Litigation and Investigations

Experienced in state and federal court in civil bench and jury trials and appeals, Caroline manages a range of complex commercial disputes, as well as internal and external investigations, for publicly traded and private clients, including:

• Contract claims
• Fraud
• Stockholder claims
• Unfair business practices
• Audit committee investigations
• SEC investigations
• Intellectual property
• Misappropriation of trade secrets
• Wrongful termination
• Insurance coverage

Bay Area Legal Leader

An alumna of Vassar College and University of Notre Dame Law School, Caroline is a recognized leader in prominent professional organizations. She is a Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America Trial Lawyer Honor Society and a past President and current Executive Committee Member of The Honorable William A. Ingram American Inn of Court.

Caroline serves on the Standing Committee on Professional Conduct of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. She has been recognized by “Northern California Super Lawyers®” for more than a decade.

A recipient of the prestigious Burton Award for Legal Achievement for writing, Caroline writes a column for the Northern California Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL) Report on trial and litigation skills. Her out-of-the office activity reflects a lifelong interest in music. Caroline plays French horn with the San Jose Wind Symphony, where she also serves as President of its Board of Directors.