Drew Washington is an experienced commercial litigator who represents companies, financial institutions, and sports organizations in high-stakes litigation involving intellectual property, contract, antitrust, and other complex business disputes.

She has extensive courtroom experience, having argued in state and federal courts representing high-profile clients in landmark cases. Prior to joining the firm, Drew served as an associate for an Am Law top 50 firm where she helped secure a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court victory in NCAA v. Alston on behalf of college athletes and represented the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team in their historic equal pay settlement. Drew continues to maintain an active sports litigation practice, representing professional and amateur sports organizations in complex commercial and antitrust disputes.

Drew currently represents OpenAI in the ongoing copyright litigation brought by The New York Times and other copyright plaintiffs, one of the highest-profile artificial intelligence cases pending in federal court. She also represents SVB Financial Trust in its trademark dispute with First Citizens Bank arising from First Citizens’ acquisition of Silicon Valley Bank, which involves novel questions of trademark ownership.

Drew earned her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Berkeley Journal of Entertainment & Sports Law. She received her B.S. magna cum laude from New York University.