Rachael Pugel is a member of the firm’s Litigation, Investigations, and Trials Practice Group. She focuses her commercial litigation practice on intellectual property (IP), technology, and complex business litigation. Her case experience includes trademark infringement and validity, patent licensing agreements, copyright infringement, unfair competition, trade secret misappropriation, and domain name disputes. Rachael also has experience in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), products liability, defamation, tortious interference, fraud, misrepresentation, breach of contract, and financial services litigation.
Rachael has litigated IP and commercial matters before federal district and state courts, the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and the American Arbitration Association.
Through her pro-bono activities, Rachael has experience in representing clients in juvenile adoption and immigration removal proceedings. Rachael has also contributed to Snell & Wilmer’s IP litigation blog, SWIPLit.com.