Wesley L. White

Education

J.D., Harvard Law School, J.D. (2014)
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (2006)
B.S., Magna Cum Laude, Applied Physics, Morehouse College (2006)

Admissions

New York

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York 

Wesley White is a trial attorney who represents plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes patent disputes. His experience resolving complex and strategic problems at the intersection of law, finance, and technology allows him to filter out noise, identify the issues that will resonate most with juries and judges at trial, and present those issues in a relatable manner that helps him secure favorable results for his clients both in and out of the courtroom. His achievements have earned him recognition as a Super Lawyers “Rising Star” in intellectual property disputes. 

Wesley has guided clients through all stages of litigation, including conducting pre-suit diligence, overseeing fact and expert discovery, taking and defending fact and expert depositions, drafting claim construction briefs, drafting evidentiary and dispositive motions, and drafting pre- and post-trial briefs. 

Wesley has handled complex disputes across a diverse range of technology sectors, including life sciences, computer hardware and software, medical and surgical devices, networking devices, antennas, encryption and compression technology, VOIP telephony, flash memory, e-commerce platforms, and web and mobile applications. He has represented clients in federal courts across the country, including working on trial teams in Delaware and the Eastern District of Texas.

Wesley earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he was the Business & Bluebook Chair on the Harvard Law Review, and he began his legal career as an associate at Desmarais LLP. Before embarking on his legal career, Wesley worked in the financial services industry as an associate with Goldman Sachs in New York and Chicago.

Publications

Wesley L. White, Recent Case: Flava Works, Inc. v. Gunter, 689 F.3d 754 (7th Cir. 2012), 126 Harv. L. Rev. 2479 (2013).