Randy Kay

Career

Randy Kay is a California trial lawyer with over thirty years of experience representing intellectual property owners in global disputes over trade secrets, know-how, patents, unfair competition and contracts. Randy has handled some of the largest and most notable trade secret lawsuits in the United States over the past ten years. His matters involve technologies in computers, telecommunications, semiconductors, medical devices, biotech and the life sciences. He handles jury trials, arbitrations, injunction proceedings and appeals.

Randy chairs Jones Day’s global Trade Secrets practice. He has particularly deep experience with trade secret disputes over failed collaborations, employee departures, and data breaches. He advises companies on protecting trade secret assets and he performs trade secret audits. Randy’s trade secret matters frequently involve parties from Europe and Asia and events occurring cross-borders. He represented the plaintiff in the first Defend Trade Secrets Act case where a U.S. court exercised personal jurisdiction over foreign defendants for misappropriation occurring on foreign soil.

Randy is co-editor/author of the treatise “Trade Secret Litigation and Protection in California” published by the California Lawyers Association. He has served as an expert witness on trade secret litigation. He is a frequent speaker and thought leader on trade secret litigation.