Morgan Chu, 58

Intellectual property

Chu represented City of Hope Medical Center against biotechnology company Genentech Inc., winning the largest California judgment ever upheld on appeal. As a result, Genentech paid more than $500 million in damages and sanctions. He also continues to represent digital video recorder TiVo in its ongoing litigation against EchoStar Technologies LLC and the Dish Network. Chu helped win TiVo's patent infringement lawsuit before a jury, which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld. Also, after a bench trial, Chu helped get a court to hold EchoStar in contempt of court for violating a permanent injunction. In total, EchoStar and Dish Network have been ordered to pay more than $400 million in damages and sanctions.