Faye Paul Teller

Faye Paul Teller

Faye Paul Teller is a Los Angeles-based partner and trial lawyer. She represents clients in a broad array of industries including life sciences, health care, technology, higher education and automotive.

Faye has particular experience with patent trials, having served as trial counsel in bench and jury trials in courts across the country. Faye’s recent work also includes high-stakes internal and government investigations.

Faye’s representations have included defending a leading pharmaceutical company’s highly successful antiviral treatment against claims of patent infringement and representing a top university in a breach of contract action related to a $100 million grant. Faye currently represents Google, Intel, and HPE in patent infringement suits implicating billions of dollars in revenues.  She also recently completed a months-long investigation for UC Berkeley related to allegations of discrimination against and abusive and bullying conduct toward student-athletes by longtime Cal Women’s Swimming and Diving program Head Coach Teri McKeever.  The investigation culminated in a publicly-disclosed, investigation report.

Prior to joining the firm in 2022, Faye was a partner at a litigation boutique in Chicago, where she regularly served as trial counsel in bet-the-company cases.

Faye clerked for the Honorable Thomas L. Ambro of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the Honorable Edmond E. Chang of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She attended the University of Chicago for law school, where she was a champion of the Hinton Moot Court Competition, and received her undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California, where she was a member of USC’s nationally-ranked mock trial team.

Faye’s community involvement includes representing pro bono clients seeking asylum and other immigration relief. She also serves as a member of the board of directors for a K-8 charter school on Chicago’s Southwest Side, where she recently chaired a $3.2 million capital campaign.

Experience

Faye’s experience as trial counsel includes:

  • A major information-technology company in a week-long patent jury trial, resulting in a complete defense verdict on invalidity and non-infringement.
  • A major pharmaceutical company and its exclusive licensee in ANDA litigation relating to a hormonal injection, resulting in a complete trial and appellate victory.
  • A national health insurer in arbitration initiated by a major hospital provider alleging underpayments for medical services.

Faye’s current representations also include:

  • A leading medical device company, in helping to settle over 800 mass tort claims.
  • A leading pharmaceutical company in responding to a Civil Investigative Demand brought by the Department of Justice.
  • Google, in a patent infringement in the Western District of Texas suit brought by a non-practice entity seeking a royalty on the sales of Google’s Pixel and Nest devices.
  • HPE, as trial counsel for a patent infringement suit before Judge Carter in the Central District of California related to the company’s Wi-Fi access point devices.
  • Intel, in a patent infringement suit brought by a Japanese professor seeking a royalty for the company’s programmable logic devices from 2004, implicating billions of dollars in revenues.

Faye’s recent representations also include:

  • UC Berkeley, in investigating allegations of discrimination against and abusive and bullying conduct toward student-athletes by longtime Cal Women’s Swimming and Diving program Head Coach Teri McKeever.  The investigation culminated in a publicly-disclosed, lengthy report.
  • Hank’s Bagels, in resolving allegations related to the accessibility of the company’s website.
  • PG&E, as part of the lead trial counsel team in civil cases brought by over 2,000 plaintiffs related to the Kincade wildfire.