Maytak Chin is a problem solver and trusted advisor to her clients. She has broad experience in litigation and trial work. She specializes in business torts and unfair competition, with an emphasis on trade secrets cases involving advanced technology.
For over half a decade, she has worked on several trial teams, representing clients in business litigation in areas ranging from breach of fiduciary duty, trade secrets misappropriation, shareholder and contract disputes, and professional negligence. She has extensive experience in early case assessments and resolutions, mediation, case management, all aspects of discovery and pre-trial motions, preparing cases for trial, and briefing cases on appeal. Maytak served as a core trial team member prosecuting a trade secrets misappropriation in a four week jury trial in Lumileds v. Elec-Tech International Co., Ltd., Santa Clara County Case No. 1-15-CV-278566, which resulted in a $66 million jury verdict and worldwide injunction in favor of her client.
In addition to her litigation practice, Maytak also serves as fiduciary counsel, primarily to California public pension funds. She counsels trustees on their fiduciary duties related to funding, benefits and investment issues in addition to compliance and governance matters.
An outstanding firm citizen, Maytak co-chairs the firm’s Asian American Business Inclusion Group, serves as a mentor to several junior associates, and is on the Summer Associate Hiring Committee. She also maintains a strong pro bono practice representing immigrant youth through Special Immigrant Juvenile Status proceedings and has received an award from Legal Services for Children for her outstanding pro bono work.
