Xinlin Li Morrow
Partner*

​Xinlin Li Morrow is a strategic trial lawyer with deep experience in complex business and IP disputes. Ms. Morrow regularly guides companies and individuals through high-stakes disputes arising from breach of contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, IP infringement, and trade secrets misappropriation, consistently delivering exceptional results for her clients.​

Beyond civil matters, Ms. Morrow defends business leaders in federal and state criminal investigations and actions, leveraging her experience as a former prosecutor. ​ ​

Before co-founding Morrow Ni LLP, Ms. Morrow practiced law at national litigation powerhouses Irell & Manella and Hueston Hennigan. Prior to private practice, Ms. Morrow spent a year as an attorney fellow at the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, where she helped prosecute gang-related murders. Ms. Morrow also served as a special prosecutor at the Anaheim City Attorney’s Office and successfully obtained guilty verdicts in two misdemeanor trials as lead counsel. ​

Ms. Morrow is also active in the community. She is the President of Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association (LAIPLA) and a board member of Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center (APADRC).

Each year since 2015, Super Lawyers Magazine has recognized Ms. Morrow as a “Rising Star.” In 2023, Super Lawyers Magazine also named Ms. Morrow as "Up-and-Coming 25” in Orange County and “Up-and-Coming 50 Women” in Southern California.

Representative Matters

Business Disputes

• Representing a co-founder of a $6 billion joint venture in a breach of contract and fraud case.

• Representing a group of investors who lost over $30 million in a Ponzi scheme in a fraud case.

• Represented a prominent businesswoman in an $11 million breach of contract and fraud case. Obtained summary adjudication of the breach of contract claim for the full demand and favorable settlement of the entire case.

• Served as plaintiff’s lead counsel at a bench trial and won the full amount of requested damages on breach of contract and unjust enrichment claims between former business partners.

• Defending a prominent businessman in actions brought under Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act (UFCMJRA) to enforce foreign judgments for over $10 million.

• Represented a real estate developer in a fraud and breach of fiduciary duty action involving over $8 million.

IP Disputes

• Defending an artificial intelligence company in a copyright infringement lawsuit involving novel questions of copyright law.

• Defending a manufacturer in a patent infringement lawsuit involving solar inverter technology.

• Defending an artificial intelligence company in a patent infringement lawsuit involving a software patent.

• Represented d.bleu.dazzled in a trade dress infringement and fraud action against Khloe Kardashian and Good American LLC. Defeated Ms. Kardashian and Good American's Anti-SLAPP motion and obtained a favorable settlement.

• Represented ClearOne in a patent infringement action relating to installed audio-conferencing technology against Shure. Secured a preliminary injunction against Shure.

• Served as trial counsel for T-Mobile in a three-week jury trial in Seattle, winning verdicts on misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of contract claims against Huawei Devices USA.

• Obtained over $740 million for TiVo in patent infringement settlements.

• Represented cancer immunotherapy company Juno Therapeutics in a breach of contract and patent infringement action against Novartis, which led to a $12 million settlement.

• Represented medical device company Masimo in a patent infringement and antitrust case against Shenzhen Mindray.

• Represented Peloton in a patent infringement action against Flywheel relating to Peloton’s category-creating bike.

• Defended BlackBerry in patent infringement actions and obtained favorable settlements.

• Represented Core Wireless in patent infringement actions against LG and obtained favorable verdicts as to all asserted claims and full damages sought.

• Represented an e-commerce company in a trademark infringement and unfair competition (UCL) lawsuit.

White Collar Criminal Defense and Investigations

• Represented a businessman in a state criminal investigation of campaign finance fraud as lead counsel and successfully avoided criminal prosecution.

• Represented a Fortune 500 executive facing allegations of Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (FCPA) violations and insider trading and money laundering charges in parallel civil and criminal proceedings.

• Represented a five-star Hollywood hotel in multiple highly publicized civil forfeiture actions brought by the U.S. Department of Justice based on the underlying criminal charge of money laundering.

• Represented an executive in a federal criminal investigation related to illegal importation, money laundering, and tax fraud.

• Represented a director of a NASDAQ-listed biotech company in a securities fraud investigation by the SEC.

Pro Bono

• Successfully appealed a FEMA decision for a family whose home in the American Samoa was destroyed by Hurricane Gita.

• Obtained default judgment and favorable settlement for a veteran who was defrauded out of his home through a loan modification scam.

• Obtained a U visa for an undocumented immigrant who assisted law enforcement in the investigation and prosecution of a sex crime against a child.

*Through The Morrow Firm, P.C.