From left, Julie Turner, Jennifer Seraphine, Josh Masur and Karen Boyd
property with the knowledge and experience to provide efficient, strategic litigation
for family-owned and publicly traded companies.
"What we do different, especially as a boutique, is that we have a very strategic
and focused approach to litigation," Boyd said. "We don't have a pyramid of lawyers
who we need to keep busy."
Instead, attorneys at Turner Boyd investigate and identify "pressure points" in a
case to bring an early settlement, and often, a favorable resolution. The firm staffs
most matters with an emphasis on efficiency. Most cases are led by a single partner,
or a partner and an associate, to bring a judgment to bear without undue costs on
their clients.
"When they hire a Turner Boyd partner, that's the person that is working on their
case," Turner said. "That is the person who is bringing to bear all of their experience.
As a result, that type of attorney is better positioned to understand what matters
and where the pressure points are," Boyd said.
Turner Boyd is defending Flux Factory, a start-up founded by Google Inc., against
allegations of trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, and other related
claims. The firm has already chipped away at the case with one plaintiff withdrawing
and the court demurring on two causes of action without leave to amend. The remaining
plaintiffs have already voluntarily dismissed three other causes of action.
"In a defense role, you are trying to do as much as you can to get as much of the
case dismissed as possible, Boyd said. "We work together with Google and got a lot
of the case dismissed:"
Karen Boyd is also lead attorney in case where Turner Boyd is defending Truven - a
health analytics company with over $600 million in annual revenue - over a complex
patent infringement case. The firm has brought in extra staff to help take the case,
which has a long, convoluted history of similar companies suing over patents and intellectual
property.
Turner Boyd is representing Appthority Inc., a mobile application security company,
in a patent infringement case involving Veracode, a more established Boston-based
company. Veracode sued Appthority Inc. only days after launch, but as of August 2014
Appthority was found by a jury not to be infringing the plaintiff's patent, although
the case is still pending over a narrow finding of infringement on a soon-to-expire
patent owned by co-plaintiff Rovi Solutions, a non-practicing entity.
Since opening in 2008, the firm has grown to include 11 attorneys and several support
staff, a size the firm believes is optimal for inter-office relations, maintaining
a work/life balance and for providing the highest quality services for their clients.
"Our firm has grown without a specific plan, but with good fortune as well as prudence.
We look for individuals who are outstanding in their fields," Turner said.
- RYAN VAN VELZER
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