Nicholas Zalany

Attorney - Calfee, Halter & Griswold

Greater Cleveland

About

Nick serves clients on a variety of high-stakes patent, trademark, trade secret, unfair competition and copyright litigation cases.

Experience

  • Senior Counsel at Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
    May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Member of Intellectual Property practice group

  • Attorney at Squire Patton Boggs
    Sep 2013 - Apr 2024 · 10 yrs 8 mos

    Member of the firm’s Litigation and Intellectual Property & Technology practices, representing clients in complex litigation matters before state and federal courts.

  • Staff Attorney at Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas
    Feb 2012 - Sep 2013 · 1 yr 8 mos

    • Assisted Judges in preparation for hearings and trials, and in research and drafting of opinions. • Managed Judges’ civil dockets, including overseeing case management and discovery conferences.

  • Associate at Carpenter Lipps & Leland LLP
    Jul 2006 - Sep 2011 · 5 yrs 3 mos

    •Focused on commercial litigation with significant experience in a wide variety of substantive legal areas, including contracts, labor & employment, intellectual property, antitrust and securities. •Provided advice on compliance matters to clients of firm’s public policy and government regulation practice.

  • Law Clerk at Law Offices of G. Oliver Koppell & Associates
    Jan 2006 - Jun 2006 · 6 mos

    •Researched and drafted legal memoranda, drafted and responded to motions and assisted on discovery matters at this firm led by former New York Attorney General G. Oliver Koppell.