Attorneys

Keith J. Wesley is a partner with Browne George Ross LLP.  He focuses his practice on civil litigation, with an emphasis on intellectual property disputes. He has extensive experience in all stages of litigation and in both state and federal court.

Highlights include:

• Co-trial counsel on behalf of plaintiff in trademark infringement case.  Verdict of $60 million.
• Co-trial counsel on behalf of plaintiff in a series of trade dress, trademark and/or copyright infringement cases in the Central and Southern Districts of California. Obtained judgments for client totaling in excess of $18 million.
• Advised and brought claims on behalf of a variety of companies in the apparel industry in an effort to enforce their rights against distributors of “knockoffs”.
• Extensive experience in briefing and arguing both for and against motions for attorneys’ fees under the Copyright Act and Lanham Act. Results include a fee award of over $1.2 million to client.
• Lead counsel for defendant in case brought by competitor alleging false advertising and related torts. Obtained denial of motion for preliminary injunction and dismissal of claims.
• Brought and litigated claims against national home security company based on unfair business practices, fraud and gross negligence.
• Obtained successful results on appeal, including Burdusis v. Superior Court, 133 Cal. App. 4th 88 (2005), Frye v. Tenderloin Housing Corp., 38 Cal. 4th 23 (2006), and Legin creative Leather Products, Inc. v. Bucklesource, Inc., 2010WL 4056847 (2010).
• Co-counsel on behalf of defendant in series of putative class actions based upon California wage-and-hour laws.

Mr. Wesley graduated with high honors from the George Washington University Law School and graduated magna cum laude from Ohio Wesleyan University. Mr. Wesley was the Senior Projects Editor for the George Washington Law Review. Mr. Wesley served as an extern for the Honorable Patricia Hemann, United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Mr. Wesley served as a law clerk for the Honorable Ferdinand F. Fernandez, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

• Commercial Litigation
• Trademarks
• Copyrights
• Trials
• Appeals

• The George Washington University Law School, J.D., High Honors, 2003
• Ohio Wesleyan University, B.A., magna cum laude, 2000