Heather E. Takahashi

Profile

Heather E. Takahashi is a litigator in the Los Angeles office of Munger, Tolles & Olson. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. She has represented major corporations, including pharmaceutical, aerospace, social gaming and technology licensing companies in various intellectual property and technology litigation. She received her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she served as executive essay and review editor for the Columbia Law Review. She joined the firm after serving as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard J. Holwell of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Prior to law school, she received a master’s degree in molecular biology from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Past experience includes positions at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Center for Weight Regulation at Oregon Health & Science University and a federal HIV/AIDS clinical trials database.

She is a member of the Federal Circuit Bar Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the American Bar Association, and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. She serves on the executive board of the Los Angeles chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society.

Key Representations

  • The Boeing Co., in its successful defense against a $7 billion breach of contract, fraud and tortious interference claims brought by ICO Global Communications Holdings related to construction and launch of 12 satellites for a telecommunications network.

Heather E. Takahashi is a litigator in the Los Angeles office of Munger, Tolles & Olson. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. She has represented major corporations, including pharmaceutical, aerospace, social gaming and technology licensing companies in various intellectual property and technology litigation. She received her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she served as executive essay and review editor for the Columbia Law Review. She joined the firm after serving as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard J. Holwell of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Prior to law school, she received a master’s degree in molecular biology from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Past experience includes positions at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Center for Weight Regulation at Oregon Health & Science University and a federal HIV/AIDS clinical trials database.

She is a member of the Federal Circuit Bar Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the American Bar Association, and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. She serves on the executive board of the Los Angeles chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society.

Key Representations

  • The Boeing Co., in its successful defense against a $7 billion breach of contract, fraud and tortious interference claims brought by ICO Global Communications Holdings related to construction and launch of 12 satellites for a telecommunications network.