McManis Faulkner congratulates partner Elizabeth Pipkin for her inclusion on the “Top Women Lawyers” list published by the Daily Journal, California’s largest legal newspaper. The annual roundup recognizes the top 100 women lawyers in California who have made a difference to their clients, their firms and the legal profession. This marks Pipkin’s fourth appearance on the list; she was previously selected in 2015, 2020 and 2023.
In its profile of Pipkin, the Daily Journal details her pro bono and community work, including her leadership with the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley and her role in the organization’s ongoing litigation case work. Pipkin also details a pair of recent, complex matters for technology companies and the work she did with each client, stating “I really don’t have a lot of easy cases, and I’m fortunate to have clients come to me with difficult issues.” Pipkin’s work on trade secrets and other high-tech matters has landed her in Santa Clara County Superior Court numerous times, a place she calls “ground zero” for the cutting-edge tech litigation in Silicon Valley.
In addition to serving as managing partner of McManis Faulkner, Pipkin represents companies and individuals in a wide range of disputes, including those involving technology, trade secrets, complex commercial issues and civil rights matters. She is the past president of the Board of Trustees for the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, overseeing the organization’s various social justice initiatives in the community. Pipkin recently co-chaired the Ninth Circuit Lawyer Representatives Committee for the Northern District of California, and she is a member of the Executive Committee of the Harvard Law School Association of Northern California. Pipkin received her J.D. from Harvard Law School (2001) and her B.A. from Brigham Young University (1998).
McManis Faulkner, a San Jose, California based trial firm, provides a full range of litigation services, representing both corporations and individuals through trial and appeal. The firm handles a wide range of litigation, including business, civil rights, class actions, criminal, employment, family, general civil, intellectual property, personal injury, probate, and professional negligence. With experienced, well-trained trial lawyers and staff, McManis Faulkner prides itself on its ethnic, cultural and religious diversity.
