2021 MVP: Adam Alper & Mike De Vries
Adam Alper and Mike De Vries are profiled as Law360 Trial MVPs.
"Kirkland’s Adam Alper and Mike De Vries have won major trade secrets trials over the past year, even during the pandemic, including one for TriZetto, making them one of Law360’s Trials MVPs. The duo has been working together for years after meeting while representing codefendants. They developed a specialty in technology theft and have moved into the trade secrets space with the Defend Trade Secrets Act as their greatest tool. It’s led to great big wins."