Vanessa A. Lavely

Vanessa A. Lavely handles a wide variety of business‑critical litigation cases, including antitrust, intellectual property, environmental, general commercial and securities matters. Repeatedly praised by clients for trying “some of the most difficult cases,” being “highly professional and unbelievably effective,” and providing “concise, well thought‑out and spot‑on direction,” she has significant trial experience in federal and state court. (Chambers USA)

• Representing Xcel Energy, a major U.S. electricity and natural gas company with operations in eight states, in hundreds of lawsuits filed against Xcel arising from the December 2021 Marshall Wildfire.
  
  
• Represented Forward Air Corporation in connection with an action filed by Omni Logistics, LLC in the Delaware Court of Chancery, which sought to compel Forward Air to close its proposed acquisition of Omni. On the day trial was scheduled to begin, the parties announced a settlement, agreeing to amend the merger agreement on terms favorable to Forward Air and dismiss their claims.
  
  
• Represented Qualcomm in several matters relating to the company’s patent licensing and chipset businesses, including an action filed by Apple in California federal court. Following opening statements at trial, the parties reached a global settlement that includes a payment from Apple to Qualcomm; the companies also reached a six‑year license agreement and a multi-year chipset supply agreement.

• Competition/antitrust
• Dispute resolution
• Securities