RINGGENBERG LAW FIRM PC - Key Persons
Hannah Strassburger is a Partner at Ringgenberg Law Firm PC. Her practice includes business transactions and litigation, and focuses on cannabis business licensing, trademark registration and protection, and regulatory compliance in the cannabis and hemp industries. Hannah is also a member of the CCIA's intellectual property and agricultural committees.
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Kieran Ringgenberg has represented plaintiffs and defendants in a wide array of matters involving business deals and corporate relationships gone wrong.
Kieran successfully represented the founder and an early shareholder in a startup software company in a dispute with investors that took control of the company and fired the founder. The dispute involved the controlling shareholders fiduciary duties and allegations of self-dealing, and was resolved after two lawsuits and three years of litigation.
He likewise represented a leading independent physicians association in a corporate governance dispute with a major hospital. The parties disputed whether the hospital's physician employees, as board members of association, should be involved in decisions about the association's relationship with the hospital. The matter was successfully resolved.
Kieran also represented a major financial institution in a series of lawsuits involving investment losses by large investment funds arising from the 2008 financial crisis.
"This has been a very, very complex case . . . . I've never seen a case this complex that involved this many issues before a jury as what you've seen here and before the Court. . . . [I]t is certainly what you call a mega trial and a mega lawsuit under any view. . . . The jury saw professionalism at the top of the ladder and the trial team's performance, from a professional standpoint, [was] one that's just totally praiseworthy."
Kieran has been involved in some of the most significant antitrust cases in recent years.
Kieran represented Broadcom in connection with its antitrust claims against Qualcomm based on patent licensing and other conduct. The Third Circuit's opinion in this matter set key precedent on the importance of promises by technology holders to license intellectual property on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms. Broadcom and Qualcomm settled the claim as part of a deal involving Qualcomm paying more than than $800 million. Kieran also successfully served on the trial team in a rare antitrust class action trial. The plaintiff class sought hundreds of millions of dollars in damages based on alleged anticompetitive conduct by Apple. The jury returned a complete defense verdict for Apple, and plaintiffs did not appeal.
Kieran graduated magna cum laude from NYU Law School, where he served as Executive Editor of the NYU Law Review. Immediately after law school, he served as law clerk to the Honorable Pasco M. Bowman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.