Kwun Bhansali Lazarus LLP

What Kwun Bhansali Lazarus LLP does

Kwun Bhansali Lazarus LLP (KBL) is a boutique litigation and trial law firm founded in 2018 and headquartered at 555 Montgomery Street, Suite 750, San Francisco, California. The firm is led by three name partners—Asim Bhansali, Michael Kwun, and Kate Lazarus—and operates with 11 listed team members comprising three partners, five associates with credentials from Harvard, Columbia, UC Berkeley, Northwestern, and USC (including alumni of Weil Gotshal & Manges, Morrison & Foerster, and Keker, Van Nest & Peters), and three support staff including a legal secretary with 35 years' experience and a litigation paralegal with 20+ years at boutique IP firms.

KBL practices across six service lines: Patent, Commercial Disputes, Trade Secret & Employee Mobility, Copyright & Trademark, Antitrust, and Pro Bono. The firm represents enterprise technology and other clients in complex patent, copyright, trademark, antitrust, trade secret, securities, and commercial disputes before federal district courts, the ITC, the PTAB, the Federal Circuit, and state courts across the United States. Representative matters include Oracle v. Google, Akamai v. Limelight, Wisk Aero v. Archer Aviation, and cases for Google, Netflix, T-Mobile, LinkedIn, Uber, QVC, and Office Depot.

The firm generates revenue through professional service fees determined by engagement scope, case complexity, and hours worked. Client acquisition is driven by courtroom reputation, peer referrals, and recognition such as Daily Journal top defense verdicts (2012, 2016) and Super Lawyers designations, rather than traditional marketing channels. There is no disclosed pricing model, public revenue figure, or institutional ownership; the firm operates as an independent LLP owned by its three name partners with no parent company, subsidiaries, or external investment identified in the input data.

Name

Kwun Bhansali Lazarus LLP

Legal name

Kwun Bhansali Lazarus LLP

Website

https://kblfirm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kwun Bhansali Lazarus LLP is a San Francisco boutique litigation and trial firm founded in 2018, representing enterprise technology and other clients in complex patent, copyright, antitrust, trade secret, and commercial disputes across U.S. federal courts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services - Commercial Litigation

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Other Legal Services (54119), All Other Legal Services (541199)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) & Securities Law (BPAHAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Trademark Prosecution & Brand Protection (BPAHAMAB), Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG)

Keywords

• Complex commercial litigation
• Patent litigation services
• Intellectual property law
• Trade secret litigation
• Antitrust litigation

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Litigation and Trial Representation: KBL generates revenue through legal fees for litigation and trial representation. Services include patent litigation, copyright and trademark cases, antitrust matters, trade secret disputes, commercial disputes, and securities litigation. The firm handles cases from pre-litigation advice through trial and appeals.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Kwun Bhansali Lazarus LLP is a boutique litigation and trial law firm providing courtroom advocacy and full-service representation in complex business disputes. The firm's core work spans patent litigation, copyright and trademark cases, antitrust matters, trade secret disputes, commercial litigation, and securities litigation for enterprise technology and other clients across U.S. federal and state courts.

Product overview

Kwun Bhansali Lazarus LLP is a general-purpose litigation and trial law firm offering legal services across six practice areas: Patent, Commercial Disputes, Trade Secret & Employee Mobility, Copyright & Trademark, Antitrust, and Pro Bono. The firm emphasizes technology and intellectual property-related litigation with particular expertise in patent cases involving computer systems, networks, mobile devices, and pharmaceuticals, as well as commercial litigation, trade secret disputes, and antitrust matters. The practice areas operate as distinct service lines that collectively serve clients in complex business litigation matters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Patent Practice Legal representation in patent cases across district courts, the United States International Trade Commission, the Patent Trial and Appeals Board, and the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. Covers technologies including computer operating systems, fixed networks, geolocation, internet advertising, mobile devices, search engines, semiconductors, and pharmaceuticals.
• Commercial Disputes Litigation and trial representation in commercial disputes including breach of contract, class-action defense, legal malpractice, and trade-secret matters, combining legal writing with oral advocacy in court.
• Trade Secret & Employee Mobility Legal counsel and litigation services for companies in disputes regarding employee movement, including protecting intellectual property during employee transitions and conducting forensic investigations.
• Copyright & Trademark Legal representation in copyright and trademark cases, including trials recognized as top defense verdicts, and matters involving computer programming languages, network hardware, and online media.
• Antitrust Antitrust litigation representation as plaintiffs and defendants, including class-action defense, counsel on antitrust considerations in settlements, and cases at the intersection of antitrust and intellectual-property law.
• Pro Bono Pro bono legal services including asylum representation, fraud recovery cases, and copyright disputes, with involvement in reproductive rights litigation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple billion-dollar case victories including a copyright case with damages claim over $1 billion
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Irell & Manella: Elite Los Angeles-based IP and complex litigation boutique with deep patent trial experience and a similar high-stakes technology client roster. Comparable in boutique size, IP trial focus, and emphasis on partner-led case work, with overlapping bid lists on major patent and trade secret matters.
• Keker, Van Nest & Peters: San Francisco-based boutique trial firm specializing in complex commercial, IP, and antitrust litigation for technology clients. Keker is a direct peer — same city, same boutique-trial positioning, and explicitly cited as a former employer of a KBL associate (Neha Anderson), indicating direct lateral flow and overlap in the same client market.
• Susman Godfrey: Nationally recognized trial boutique with a strong IP, antitrust, and commercial litigation practice and a record of high-stakes verdicts. Comparable as a trial-focused boutique competing for the same complex bet-the-company matters, though larger and more geographically distributed.
• Durie Tangri: Bay Area IP and complex litigation boutique known for representing technology companies in patent, trade secret, and copyright disputes. Closely comparable in size, geography, and tech-IP focus, with frequent competition for the same technology-defendant engagements.
• Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott: Chicago-based trial boutique renowned for complex commercial and IP litigation, particularly patent cases. Comparable as a small, elite trial firm with partner-driven staffing and a focus on high-stakes matters for sophisticated corporate clients.

Broad incumbents

• Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan: The largest litigation-only global law firm, with market-leading IP, antitrust, and complex commercial litigation practices. Competes for the same marquee technology-defendant matters and high-stakes trials as KBL, but at significantly greater scale and geographic reach.
• Fish & Richardson: Leading national IP litigation and prosecution firm with deep patent trial capability and a large stable of technical and legal talent. A direct competitor for patent litigation engagements on behalf of the same technology clients, though much larger and more diversified across IP services.
• WilmerHale: Major Am Law firm with a preeminent IP litigation practice and a deep technology-sector client roster that overlaps with KBL's. A broader incumbent that competes on the same Supreme Court-level and high-stakes patent matters, with substantially greater resources.
• Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher: Global Am Law firm with a leading IP litigation practice and a strong technology client base, including extensive work for Google and similar platform companies that overlap with KBL's client list. A broader incumbent with substantially more resources and geographic reach.

Regional players

• Morrison & Foerster: Major global law firm with a significant San Francisco presence and strong IP and technology litigation practices. Directly comparable in geographic overlap and IP litigation focus, and cited as a former employer of a KBL associate (Nic Roethlisberger), indicating direct lateral and competitive overlap in the same market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kblfirm

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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