July 7 (Reuters) - Neel Chatterjee, a technology lawyer
whose clients have included Facebook, Oracle and LinkedIn, has
left law firm Goodwin Procter to join rival King & Spalding, his
new firm said on Monday.
Chatterjee, a Silicon Valley-based partner who helped
organize opposition among law firm partners to U.S. President
Donald Trump's actions targeting the legal industry, is joining
King & Spalding's business litigation group and will co-lead its
intellectual property team, the firm said.
Chatterjee in April helped create Law Firm Partners
United, a group that now includes more than 800 members from the
200 largest U.S. firms by revenue.
The non-profit association filed friend-of-the-court briefs
backing law firms Susman Godfrey, and Jenner & Block in their
lawsuits challenging Trump's executive orders against the firms.
Federal judges have blocked the orders permanently.
The group also filed a brief in support of lawyer Mark
Zaid in his lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's
decision to revoke his U.S. security clearance. Zaid represented
a government whistleblower in a case that led to Trump's
impeachment during his first term.
Chatterjee had no immediate comment. A Goodwin
spokesperson said the firm appreciated his contributions.
Among his prominent cases, Chatterjee represented Facebook
and its founder Mark Zuckerberg in a legal battle with former
Harvard classmates Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. Their battle
was dramatized in the 2010 film "The Social Network."
Other clients have included former Google engineer Anthony
Levandowski, as well as NVIDIA ( NVDA ), eBay ( EBAY ) and Logitech, according to
King & Spalding.
Chatterjee joined Goodwin in 2017 and previously served on
its executive committee.