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Daniel Ngai currently focuses his practice on franchise law by helping clients resolve disputes through negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation. Mr. Ngai has extensive experience in intellectual property and business litigation matters covering various areas such as trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, partnership dissolutions, and contractual disputes. In addition to representing clients in federal and state court proceedings, Mr. Ngai has also successfully prosecuted and defended numerous trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He has represented clients in global intellectual property matters throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, North and South America, and the Middle East.
Mr. Ngai earned his Juris Doctor and Certificate of Concentration in Civil Litigation from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly Hastings College of the Law). During law school, Mr. Ngai served as Staff Editor for the Hastings Business Law Journal and earned the Witkin/CALI Awards in Civil Procedure. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology and Social Behavior, a Minor Certificate in Criminology, and a Certification of Legal Assistantship from the University of California, Irvine.
Before law school, Mr. Ngai worked as a litigation paralegal at a large intellectual property law firm for many years, where he supported several high-profile patent litigation cases. As both lawyer and former paralegal, Mr. Ngai has over twenty-five years of experience in the litigation industry.