Brenna Legaard

Partner at K&L Gates

Speaker

Brenna K. Legaard is a trial-tested intellectual property attorney with 24 years of experience steering every phase of high-stakes patent and complex commercial disputes—from infringement contentions and claim construction through discovery, damages modeling, expert strategy, dispositive motions, and jury trial. She has taken nine IP matters—seven patent trials—to verdict.

Her work spans enterprise software, RF communications, advanced materials, and consumer products. Recent highlights include directing a multi-case assertion for an operating company and multiplying the case’s damages exposure seven-fold, as well as brokering the landmark 2016 Cover Oregon v. Oracle settlement. She devised Nike Golf’s rapid-clearance program amid thousands of golf-ball patents and partnered with Liquid Wire to shape the IP roadmap for its stretchable-electronics platform.

A former elite judo competitor, Brenna blends courtroom tenacity with business-driven pragmatism and is known for forming high-trust, diverse teams. Her pro bono work advances children’s mental-health access through legislative and impact litigation. Contact Brenna at Brenna.Legaard@klgates.com.