Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

105 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Appellate Practice Commercial Litigation Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Biography

Nick Werle represents clients in state and federal courts at both the trial and appellate levels and before state attorneys general and federal prosecutors. He regularly represents companies, executives, public officials, government entities, and nonprofit organizations in their most sensitive and high-stakes matters involving criminal, trade secret, antitrust and deceptive trade practices issues. Mr. Werle also has experience with affirmative litigation against executive orders and regularly counsels companies, elected officials and executives facing unusual or politically motivated pressure from the federal government. In the trade secrets space, Mr. Werle has represented both plaintiffs and defendants at every stage of litigation, from temporary restraining orders through trial and appeal, in state and federal courts and in arbitration.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

105 Best Lawyers awards

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP logo

Overview

  • Yale University, J.D., graduated 2018
  • London School of Economics and Political Science, MSc, Risk and Finance, graduated 2015
  • Brown University, AB with honors, Physics and Modern Critical Philosophy, graduated 2010

  • New York, New York State Bar Association, 2019

  • New York City Bar - Trade Secrets Committee, Member

  • US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  • US District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • US District Court for the District of Colorado

  • United States District Court
  • New York, New York State Bar Association, 2019
  • New York City Bar - Trade Secrets Committee, Member
  • Yale University, J.D., graduated 2018
  • London School of Economics and Political Science, MSc, Risk and Finance, graduated 2015
  • Brown University, AB with honors, Physics and Modern Critical Philosophy, graduated 2010
  • US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  • US District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • US District Court for the District of Colorado
  • United States District Court

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2026 for work in:
  • Appellate Practice
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar

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