is known for his pragmatic and creative strategies to help his clients achieve their litigation objectives. After practicing law at a large regional law firm for 26 years, he and several partners formed his current firm, Papetti Samuels Weiss McKirgan, which has grown to 13 litigation lawyers in two plus years. Clients look to Bruce to obtain or defend temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions when, for example, a company’s trade secrets have been misappropriated or a former employee is violating a post-employment obligation by soliciting customers. Bruce’s unusual versatility is illustrated by being recognized in eight areas by Best Lawyers in America®: Commercial Litigation, Copyright Law, Intellectual Property Litigation, Labor & Employment Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Trademarks, and Trade Secrets. Best Lawyers also recently honored him as the 2024 Lawyer of the Year in IP Litigation in Scottsdale. Benchmark Litigation has recognized Bruce as a “Litigation Star” in Intellectual Property since 2014. Southwest Super Lawyers includes him in the Top 50 Lawyers in 2023, and AZ Big Media has listed him among the Top 100 lawyers in Arizona in 2023. Bruce graduated from NYU School of Law, where he served as Editor in Chief of the Review of Law and Social Change, and Occidental College. He clerked with the Honorable Vice Chief Justice James Moeller from 1994 to 1995.

heads the trial practice group for Dorsey & Whitney, LLP’s Phoenix office. An experienced trial lawyer with multiple significant jury trial victories for his clients, Greg handles a variety of complex disputes, including intellectual property litigation, trade secret and breach of contract cases. Greg has been recognized by U.S. News & World Reports’ “Best Lawyers” multiple times, including three times as “Lawyer of the Year” in patent litigation for Scottsdale, Arizona. Greg also ranks as a “Southwest Super Lawyer” in intellectual property litigation, and he holds an “AV Preeminent Rating” (the highest possible rating) from Martindale-Hubble.

, Partner, Firmwide Co-chair, Trade Secrets Group & Firmwide Vice-chair, Trademark, Copyright, Internet & Advertising. Perkins Coie LLP. Gray focuses on complex business and intellectual property disputes and advises well-known technology clients across the country. John has special emphasis in trade secret litigation and counseling, serving as counsel for both plaintiffs and defendants on multiple high-risk and prominent trade secret litigations, as well as regularly advising clients on managing trade secret risk. Bringing a considerable amount of litigation experience to his counsel, John regularly advises clients on mitigating litigation risk, including in areas of emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. When litigation is necessary, John is skilled in all aspects, including initial case assessment and pleadings, e-discovery and discovery strategy, depositions, dispositive and procedural motions, evidentiary hearings, pre-trial preparation, trial, appeal and settlement negotiations. He regularly draws on the experience gained in Arizona federal and state practice from serving on the Arizona State Bar’s Civil Practice & Procedure Committee and working directly with several federal judges in Phoenix.

was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, before attending college at Fordham University in New York City and Duke Law School in Durham, North Carolina. Kristie was a litigator at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in its New York and Washington, D.C. offices before moving back to Phoenix to join Perkins Coie LLP, where she specializes in employment law and commercial litigation. Kristie is an active member of the State Bar of Arizona, serving on the Labor & Employment Law Section’s CLE Committee and on the State Bar Convention Working Group. She frequently presents CLEs and authors articles on employment-related issues and is a regular contributor to the Workplace Rules podcast series, where leading experts discuss the most recent trends and regulations in employment.