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Deborah A. Hedley

Of Counsel


Woodland Hills/Los Angeles

t:818.230.4262

f:818.230.4251

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Service Focus

  • Litigation and Trials
  • California Litigation and Appellate
  • Employee Defection and Trade Secrets
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Deborah Hedley, Of Counsel in Fisher Phillips’ Los Angeles and Woodland Hills offices, is a litigator with robust experience trying cases in state and federal courts. Her practice focuses on helping innovative businesses protect their intellectual property and trade secrets. Deborah recently obtained a Top 50 verdict in a copyright case for an entertainment company.

Prior to joining Fisher Phillips, Deborah practiced at a boutique IP litigation firm serving the technology sector where she represented clients in trade secret, intellectual property, privacy, and commercial disputes. Before that, she focused on trade secret, business tort, and intellectual property disputes in the Los Angeles office of a global law firm.

Deborah has an active pro bono practice, with an emphasis on women’s and children’s causes.

While in law school, Deborah served as Senior Editor of the UCLA Law Review. Deborah has been selected numerous times as both a Super Lawyers “Rising Star” and Best Lawyers “One to Watch.”

Credentials

Education

  • J.D., 2010, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
  • B.A., 2005, summa cum laude, California State University, Chico

Bar Admissions

  • California

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Recognitions

  • Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Business litigation (2018-2021)
  • Best Lawyers (2024-2025)

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