Leyla Pasic is a litigation associate in the San Francisco office of Keller and Heckman. Ms. Pasic represents clients at every stage of litigation through trial and appeal. She focuses her trial practice on commercial litigation and product liability. This includes breach of contract, intellectual property litigation, and patent infringement.
While at Hastings College of the Law, Ms. Pasic was awarded honorable mention for Best Oral Advocate in her Moot Court class and was also an editor for the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly. Ms. Pasic worked for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, in the Habeas Corpus division.
After law school and prior to joining Keller and Heckman LLP, Ms. Pasic worked for the Special Department for War Crimes of the Prosecutor's Office in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As part of the prosecution team, Ms. Pasic worked on a massive war crimes case with significant impact on the Bosnian and international criminal law jurisprudence.
Ms. Pasic is proficient and fluent in Bosnian (BCS).
News, Events & Articles
News
Dec 08, 2011, The California Appellate Court Affirms Tokyo Electron Limited Victory
Feb 28, 2011, Keller and Heckman Attorneys Author Article on Patent Infringement Claims and Contracts
Jan 28, 2011, Daily Journal Names Tokyo Electron Ltd. Victory Top Defense Verdict of 2010
Mar 02, 2010, Keller and Heckman Secures Complete Victory for Tokyo Electron Limited after Eight-Year Legal Battle
Mar 02, 2010, Keller and Heckman LLP Secures Complete Victory for Tokyo Electron Limited after Eight-Year Legal Battle
Articles
Jun 27, 2011, Pliva v. Mensing-A Huge Victory for Manufacturers of Generic Drugs!
Mar 01, 2011, Litigation Alert: Supreme Court Rules the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 Bars State-Law Design-Defect Claims Against Vaccine Manufacturers
Feb 03, 2011, Pesticides Alert: Reckitt Benckiser Wins Battle With EPA
Feb 02, 2011, Proposition 64 Alert: Labels Matter! Consumers Can Sue Manufacturers Over Misleading Claims
Feb 01, 2011, Litigation Alert: Eighth Circuit Finds Adulterated Drug Claims Are Not Preempted
Jan 31, 2011, Litigation Alert: Ninth Circuit Rules State Law Failure-To-Warn Claims Against Manufacturers of Generic Drugs Not Preempted by Federal Law
Nov 24, 2010, Litigation Alert: Amendments to Rule 26 To Take Effect December 1, 2010 - Will Limit Expert Witness Disclosures
Jun 15, 2009, Litigation Alert: California Court of Appeal Holds That a Foreign Manufacturer Can Be Sued in California By Serving Process on an American Subsidiary
Apr 15, 2008, Califonia Adopts the Sophisticated User Doctrine in Johnson V. American Standard, inc.: A Product Manufacturer's Victory