Venkat Balasubramani

(Pronouns: He/Him/His)

Venkat is primarily a litigator, and his practice focuses on commercial and intellectual property disputes. He also counsels clients on privacy, social media, marketing and other issues in the Internet space. He has a keen interest in blogging and social media, and once covered a trial for The Hollywood Reporter. Super Lawyers magazine profiled Venkat in a 2015 article, writing “tough cases energize Balasubramani—even when they’re not his own.”

Venkat clerked for the Honorable John C. Coughenour (W.D. Wash.), then spent a year at Perkins Coie LLP. He left Perkins Coie to start UrbanEarth, an Internet company. Venkat then worked as in-house counsel for WildTangent, Inc., a multimedia platform company. He also spent four years focusing on Internet-litigation matters at Newman & Newman before establishing his own firm.

During his career Venkat has handled a wide range of litigation matters, including several precedent-setting cases. For example, he was counsel in one of the first enforcement actions where a judgment creditor seized the domain name of a debtor (Bodog). He also argued a case where the Washington State Supreme Court invalidated a statute prohibiting false political advertising. He frequently takes on cases pro bono, primarily for the ACLU of Washington.

Venkat enjoys working at Focal because it’s a fun, flexible work environment with great clients and an endless supply of interesting legal issues and cases.

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