dgagliardi@be-law.com
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Admitted to bar: 1988, California.

Education: Washington University (A.B. 1985); Stanford Law School (J.D. 1988).

Clerkships: Law clerk to Hon. John T. Elfvin, U.S. District Judge, Western District of New York, 1988-1990; Law clerk to Hon. Edward A. Infante, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Northern District of California, 1994-1995.

Experience: Mr. Gagliardi's area of practice is business and intellectual property litigation. He has appeared in state and federal courts throughout California. Among his achievements, Mr. Gagliardi was instrumental in winning a several hundred million dollar lawsuit for Inktomi Corporation. In another significant matter, a federal judge called Mr. Gagliardi a "skilled and experienced" litigator in an order awarding substantial attorney's fees to one of the firm's clients.

In the area of intellectual property, Mr. Gagliardi recently represented a semiconductor packaging and test assembly firm in an intellectual property dispute involving semiconductor chips and an industry-wide failure related to compounds manufactured by a foreign supplier.

Mr. Gagliardi has served as a special master in discovery disputes in the Northern District of California.

Mr. Gagliardi is active in the San Jose community. He is a member of the Rotary Club of San Jose. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of History San Jose, is a member of the San Jose Strong Neighborhoods Initiative Project Area Committee, is a former member of the Board of Directors of the San Jose Downtown Association, is past-president of the Northside Neighborhood Association and president of the Thirteenth Street Area Neighborhood Advisory Committee. In 1999 and 2007, Mr. Gagliardi received awards from the City of San Jose for his neighborhood leadership.