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Ben Rothstein

Partner

Ben Rothstein fiercely advocates for his clients. His diverse litigation practice includes trade secrets, securities fraud, legal malpractice, white-collar criminal defense, and other complex matters. Ben has represented a number of blue chip biotechnology, software, and telecommunications companies, including Genentech, Netflix, T-Mobile, and Comcast, in addition to other individual and corporate clients, and has appeared in state and federal courts on both coasts. 

Ben also maintains an extensive pro bono practice in the fields of immigration and prisoner civil rights. Recently, Ben won a landmark verdict in a federal jury trial, where he represented an inmate at San Quentin State Prison who had been coerced into sexual acts by a prison staff member, and the jury awarded over $65,000 in compensatory and punitive damages.

A former professional white water raft guide, Ben continues to enjoy whitewater kayaking, backcountry skiing, and a number of other outdoor sports and activities.

Ben Rothstein fiercely advocates for his clients. His diverse litigation practice includes trade secrets, securities fraud, legal malpractice, white-collar criminal defense, and other complex matters. Ben has represented a number of blue chip biotechnology, software, and telecommunications companies, including Genentech, Netflix, T-Mobile, and Comcast, in addition to other individual and corporate clients, and has appeared in state and federal courts on both coasts. 

Ben also maintains an extensive pro bono practice in the fields of immigration and prisoner civil rights. Recently, Ben won a landmark verdict in a federal jury trial, where he represented an inmate at San Quentin State Prison who had been coerced into sexual acts by a prison staff member, and the jury awarded over $65,000 in compensatory and punitive damages.

A former professional white water raft guide, Ben continues to enjoy whitewater kayaking, backcountry skiing, and a number of other outdoor sports and activities.

KVP Partners Recognized in 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America

09/06/2024

The 2025 edition of Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Litigators in America featured 13 KVP partners. Read more

KVP Team featured in AmLaw Litigator of the (Past) Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

08/14/2024

Keker, Van Nest & Peters team – Laurie Carr Mims, Ben Rothstein, Candice Mai Khanh Nguyen, Melissa Cornell, and Catherine Porto – were featured by AmLaw for successfully securing a significant victory for their client InterMune against the company’s former CEO W. Scott Harkonen. Read more

Skilled in the Art With Scott Graham: Judge Rakoff Weighs in on Trade Secrets and Specificity

July 22, 2022

Circumstantial evidence of misappropriation won't cut it in the absence of specificity, he rules in life sciences SaaS case. It's a win for Keker, Van Nest & Peters. Read more

The Am Law Litigation Daily: Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

July 22, 2022

Two Keker, Van Nest & Peters teams were named among The Am Law Litigation Daily's Litigators of the Week Runners-Up for their back-to-back trial wins. Read more

Pharma software company Veeva beats back Medidata trade secrets lawsuit

July 18, 2022

Veeva Systems Inc on Friday persuaded a judge to throw out a lawsuit by pharmaceutical software rival Medidata Solutions Inc alleging it stole trade secrets worth hundreds of millions of dollars, representatives for the companies said. Read more

Keker, Van Nest & Peters CLE Workshop 2022

January 21, 2022

This 2-day program, 1/24/22 and 1/25/22, qualifies for 6 hours of general CLE credit, 1 hour of ethics credit, and 1 hour of elimination of bias credit. Read more

Keker, Van Nest & Peters Elevates Nic Marais and Ben Rothstein to Partner

December 19, 2019

Keker, Van Nest & Peters is pleased to announce that the firm has elevated associates Nic Marais and Ben Rothstein to its partnership effective January 1, 2020. Read more

Genentech Dispute Highlights Growing Importance of Trade Secrets for Life Sciences Companies

September 16, 2019

The issues at stake in the case illustrate the growing importance of trade secrets protection to life sciences companies and the IP professionals who serve them. Read more

Trade Secrets Case Sees Biotech Shutdown Biosimilar Production

September 09, 2019

Genentech reaches a settlement agreement with JHL Biotech, which sees the latter cease development of biosimilars to Genentech’s products. Read more

Genentech Gets Taiwanese Co. to Abandon Biosimilars

September 09, 2019

Taiwan’s JHL Biotech has agreed to stop developing copycat versions of four Genentech biologics as part of a deal to end high-stakes trade secrets litigation. Read more

Julia Allen and Ben Rothstein Secure Complete Victory on Behalf of Prison Sex Abuse Victim Following Jury Trial

February 05, 2018

On January 31, 2018, a federal jury returned a verdict in favor of William Cordoba who was the victim of a series of coerced sexual acts taking place in San Quentin State Prison. Read more

Asim Bhansali and Adam Lauridsen Win Summary Judgment for T-Mobile

10/15/2014

On behalf of T-Mobile, Keker & Van Nest defeated High Point SARL's multi-patent infringement case in New Jersey federal court. Read more

Judge tosses out fired executive's lawsuit against Netflix, Amazon.com

09/16/2014

Rachael Meny and her team protected Netflix Inc. from claims made by a former executive, who believed the company blacklisted him from employment at Amazon. Read more