Anthony T. Pierce is a litigator who has handled a variety of complex disputes in state and federal courts, including commercial litigation, trade secrets, trademark, copyright, counterfeiting and piracy, software licensing and employment matters. He is the partner in charge of the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
Mr. Pierce’s litigation and trial experience covers a diverse group of industries, including technology and telecommunications, health care, energy, entertainment and media, financial services and government contracting. He has handled several cases ranging from Internet liability and breach of contract to employee classification and executive compensation. Mr. Pierce’s jury trial work includes—
As an outgrowth of his service as an investigator for the U.S. Government Accountability Office during law school, Mr. Pierce also has significant experience in internal investigations. He has conducted internal investigations to determine possible civil and criminal liability for clients for accounting fraud, employee misconduct and theft of intellectual property.
Mr. Pierce is a frequent speaker on litigation topics ranging from developments in software licensing litigation to discovery tactics in modern technology-related litigation.
Mr. Pierce received his B.S. in 1983 from George Mason University and his J.D. in 1987 from the Georgetown University Law Center, where he served as the case and notes editor of the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal. He is a member of the Virginia and District of Columbia Bars and has been admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and numerous federal courts throughout the United States.
Mr. Pierce takes an active role in addressing legal, business and cultural issues facing the greater Washington, D.C., community. He is past president and a member of the board of trustees of the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia and serves on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia’s Advisory Committee on Pro Se Litigation. He is a member of the board of directors of the Greater Washington Board of Trade and a member of the Leadership Washington Class of 2002.
The Washington Business Journal named Mr. Pierce as the 2008 winner of “Top Washington Lawyer” honors in the category of corporate litigation. He was selected from a pool of almost 500 nominations, and was one of three finalists in the same category in 2007. Mr. Pierce is routinely named by Virginia Business magazine to its list of "Legal Elite," in the area of civil litigation.