ALGER LAW APC

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Timothy L. Alger focuses his law practice on intellectual property, business, entertainment and free speech litigation.  Mr. Alger also represents cannabis businesses in civil litigation and in regulatory disputes with government agencies relating to licensing, and assists clients with the protection of cannabis-related trade secrets and trademarks.  

 

For more than 30 years, Mr. Alger has represented entrepreneurs and many prominent internet, financial and media companies in the trial and appellate courts against claims for breach of contract, fraud, invasion of privacy, right of publicity, trademark and copyright infringement, defamation, and unfair business practices.  His work has ranged from complex, multi-defendant class actions to commercial disputes, and litigation over subpoenas and public access to government proceedings and records.

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Mr. Alger is based in Southern California, but has a statewide litigation practice and appears in federal courts nationwide.  In addition to his own practice, Mr. Alger serves as of counsel at the law firm of Harris Sliwoski LLP.  He also provides mediation services through Alger Resolutions and is a member of the National Roster of Arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association.  

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Mr. Alger has successfully defended companies in recent disputes over corporate acquisitions, business relationships, and financial issues.  Prior to opening his own practice, Mr. Alger was a partner in major international law firms.  From 2008 to 2011, Mr. Alger served as Deputy General Counsel at Google, where he supervised the Litigation, Employment and Trademark groups.  

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Mr. Alger’s recent work includes the defense of Terphogz LLC in a trademark lawsuit brought by the Wrigley Company in Chicago federal court over "zkittlez," a popular cannabis cultivar.  Mr. Alger represented a billboard company that successfully challenged the City of Los Angeles’ inconsistent regulation of outdoor signs, resulting in an important state Court of Appeal decision extinguishing 100 digital displays erected by competitors and prohibiting municipalities from entering into agreements that conflict with land use laws, Summit Media v. City of Los Angeles.  Mr. Alger’s recent business litigation work included post-trial and appellate representation of an international office supply company, in which Mr. Alger obtained the reversal for his client of a $32 million jury verdict for fraud and breach of an advertising contract.

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Mr. Alger is a frequent speaker on cannabis litigation and intellectual property issues, commercial speech, online intermediary liability, publicity and privacy rights, and defamation.  His pro bono work has included representation in court of a state prisoner beaten by guards, a blind college student excluded from classes because of her disability, two major university student newspapers accused of defamation, a family subjected to excessive fines for a home medical cannabis grow, and public school students and parents who were denied special education services.

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Before attending law school, Mr. Alger was an award-winning newspaper reporter and editor.  He has served on the Board of Directors of the First Amendment Coalition, and is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Disability Rights Legal Center.

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Mr. Alger is a member of the State Bar of California, the bars for the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Courts for the Central, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of California.

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When not assisting his clients, Mr. Alger enjoys scuba diving in the South Pacific with his wife, Catherine, and fly fishing.  

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Mr. Alger and Alger Law APC are members of:

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American Bar Association; Section of Dispute Resolution, and Forum of Communications Law
Southern California Mediation Association

International Cannabis Bar Association

Los Angeles County Bar Association

San Francisco Bar Association

Santa Barbara County Bar Association

Ventura County Bar Association

Beverly Hills Bar Association

First Amendment Coalition 

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J.D., magna cum laude, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles

​M.A., Journalism, University of Colorado

B.A., magna cum laude, Seton Hall University

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