Jake Freed

Of Counsel

Whether it's crafting the right legal strategy or opening a new restaurant, having the right ingredients is critical.

Jake Freed is a litigator with experience across a wide range of practice areas and industries. His practice focuses on dispute resolution for the restaurant industry, financial services litigation, and intellectual property enforcement for technology companies.

Jake’s broad litigation experience in federal and state courts, in California and beyond, combined with his extensive background in science and teaching, enables him to deliver strong advocacy and insightful command of the facts and law, in any type of case, for any type of client. His business experience as the founder and CEO of two restaurant concepts gives him unique problem-solving skills for the restaurant and retail industries.

Practice Highlights

Restaurant, franchise, and real estate litigation

Assists restaurants and franchises in litigation to protect their intellectual property and brands, enforce contracts, and resolve vendor, partner, real estate, employee, and customer disputes.

Firsthand experience

Leverages firsthand experience as a restaurateur with two successful restaurant concepts, and can speak to industry-specific challenges regarding leases, financing, corporate structure and organization, and employment issues.

Financial services, commercial, and intellectual property litigation

Defends financial institutions in litigation arising from mortgage lending activities and consumer banking disputes, including class actions. Represents companies across industries, including Amazon and Microsoft, in a range of matters involving trademark enforcement, patent disputes, and state law claims.

Restaurant, Franchise & Real Estate Litigation

Financial Services Litigation

General Commercial & Intellectual Property Litigation

*Denotes experience prior to joining Davis Wright Tremaine

Pro Bono

*Denotes experience prior to joining Davis Wright Tremaine

Admitted to Practice

California, 2008

Education

J.D., Stanford Law School, 2008
- Associate Editor, Stanford Law and Policy Review
Ph.D., Chemistry, Harvard University, 2005
- National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow
- Research Associate
- Teaching Fellow
A.M., Chemistry, Harvard University, 2003
B.A., Chemistry, The Ohio State University, 2000, summa cum laude
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Medalist Scholar

Memberships & Affiliations

- Bar Association of San Francisco

Background

- Associate, Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco, 2009-2014
- Law Clerk, Hon. James Ware, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, San Jose, Calif., 2008-2009
- Extern, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, San Francisco, 2007
- Summer Associate, Arnold & Porter, LLP, Washington, D.C., 2007
- Summer Associate, McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, Palo Alto, Calif., 2006-2007

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