Can I disclose the parties I'm representing? Forum

[SemperLegal]

Sorry to bump, but, is it not OK to talk about clients I represented in the past, outside of the M&A realm?

For example, tell an interviewer for a later job that during my 1L summer, I worked on a well-known public litigation for AT&T. Or, I drafted a patent application for Google. Hypotheticals ofc.

Thank

Maybe, but why? They'll be just as impressed if you say you did high profile telecommunications litigation and ip prosecution work. The actual names of clients are feathers in the firm's cap, not yours. The substantive work a junior, or student, does is inversely proportional to the fame of the client. I.e. It's like bragging that your the butler of a butler to Scorsese.


Note: autocorrect changed celebrity to "Scorsese". I wonder if "auto analogy" is the new feature you patented for Google

Makes sense... I was thinking, basically just to signal the nature of the work, not to brag about the client. And it seems a lot more natural, to me anyways. Like, if I say, I prosecuted a new software patent application for Uber, you know exactly what kinda technology space I'm talking about right away.

The way you phrased that sounds to me like you're just beating around the bush instead of just saying what you mean. Unless it's really expected that you should beat around the bush to avoid an ethical gray area or whatever

Idk, I'm sure you're right tho

Thank u.

It's definitively beating around the Bush, but I'd be concerned of discussing things about a client, especially ip, that wasn't cleared by my firm or clients pr

[Johann]

but again, you can actually disclose more about the case if you dont provide the case name. you can say what the issue was and what you did.

you can in theory diclose a case name once its public and all that, but then you cannot talk about any of the confidential facts/issues of the case. plus, peopel in the industry will think you are a dumbass if you disclose a case name because they probably wont know if its a public case and you are allowed to talk about it and also as soon as you do disclose the name - then they cant ask you any questions about the case so theyll think youre dumb for that.

there is absolutely no reason to ever disclose a case name to anyone even once allowed. act like you belong.

[Desert Fox]

[Johann]

when lawyers talk to the media its an intentional play for publicity and cleared with the client. huge difference - the client is strategically disclosing things to the public as a way of furthering its case.

case names on firm's websites are old and gone. if OP wants to keep working at the firm and see the matters through to the end, then yeah i guess he could say i worked on this case after its done. i still think youre going to be questioned walking into an interview and disclosing a current case name you are working on rather than i researched X Y and Z issues for a major [type of litigation] case.

it just comes down to what's the benefit - none. everyone in the industry understands what you mean if you say represented a fortune 500 company in X fashion when you are applying to work in X group.