Lee Popkin is a trial lawyer in Proskauer’s Commercial Litigation, Product Liability, and Intellectual Property groups. Lee represents clients in a wide range of industries in high-stakes trials in state and federal courts throughout the country. Lee’s experience includes developing case themes, preparing key witnesses for deposition and trial, taking and defending expert depositions, and drafting and arguing case-dispositive motions.
Lee was recently named to the Best Lawyers in America inaugural “Ones to Watch” list.
Lee’s notable representations and victories include:
- Universal Standard Inc. v. Target. Counsel to Target in successful defense of Lanham Act trademark infringement action related to its Universal Thread clothing line.
- Echeverria v. Johnson & Johnson. Trial counsel to Johnson & Johnson in a widely publicized product liability trial relating to the company’s talc-based products and their alleged link to ovarian cancer. After trial, the court entered judgment notwithstanding the jury verdict for the J&J defendants, and, in the alternative, granted J&J’s motion for a new trial.
