Spencer McManus represents clients in all facets of commercial litigation. Prior to joining Keker, Van Nest & Peters, Spencer served as a law clerk for Judge J. Clifford Wallace of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Judge Beth Labson Freeman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He also served as an associate for an Am Law Top 50 law firm, where he represented companies in complex commercial litigation in federal and state courts and in private arbitrations in disputes involving breach of contract, fraud, anti-SLAPP, business torts, and consumer class actions. Spencer’s pro bono practice focuses on reproductive rights and voting rights work.
Spencer earned his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. He earned his B.A.S. in political science-public service and chemistry from the University of California, Davis. While in law school, Spencer served as a legal intern for the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Appellate Section and as a judicial intern to Judge Rudolph Contreras of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Law360 has reported that Google LLC, represented by Keker, Van Nest & Peters, and Singular Computing LLC have settled a patent lawsuit over computer chip designs that improve efficiency for artificial intelligence and cloud computing. The joint motion to settle the case comes two weeks into a federal jury trial in Massachusetts and as both parties were set to deliver closing arguments. Read more