Robert B. Milligan
Partner
Robert Milligan’s practice encompasses a wide variety of commercial litigation and employment matters, including general business and contract disputes, unfair competition, trade secret misappropriation, and other intellectual property theft. His practice also includes franchise litigation, real estate litigation, insurance bad faith, invasion of privacy, consumer and employee class actions, wrongful termination, discrimination and harassment claims, wage and hour disputes, ADA and OSHA compliance, whistleblower and SOX cases, bankruptcy, and other business torts. Mr. Milligan focuses on trade secret, noncompete, and data protection litigation and transactional work on a state, national, and international platform. Educational History • Certificate of Achievement in Lean Six Sigma, Villanova University • J.D., University of California Davis School of Law • Moot Court Participant, Duberstein National Bankruptcy • University of California, Davis Law Review, executive editor • Public Interest Scholar • BA, Gonzaga University, Summa cum laude, Alpha Sigma Nu, Phi Alpha Theta Mr. Milligan was listed in Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars in Intellectual Property and Business Litigation (Thomson Reuters) (2009, 2013 to 2016). He also served as a contributing editor of “Trade Secret Litigation and Protection in California,” and is an author of chapters in Continuing Education of the Bar's “Trade Secrets Practice in California.” Mr. Milligan is also the editor of Seyfarth's Trade Secret blog, and was recognized by The Legal 500 (Legalese Ltd.) for the firm's trade secret practice (2011, 2013 to 2014, and 2016 to 2021). He serves as a member of the State Bar of California Intellectual Property Law Section Executive Committee; Chair of the Section's Trade Secrets Interest Group; a Chair of the Intellectual Property Committee for the ITechLaw Association; and Chair of the ABA Intellectual Property Section's Trade Secrets and Tortious Interference Committee.
