McManis Faulkner congratulates partner Elizabeth Pipkin for her inclusion in the “Top Women Lawyers” list published by the Daily Journal, California’s largest legal newspaper. The annual roundup recognizes the top 100 women lawyers in California who have made a difference to their clients, their firms and the legal profession. This marks Pipkin’s third straight year on the list and fifth appearance overall; she was previously selected in 2015, 2020, 2023 and 2024.
In its coverage, the Daily Journal details Pipkin’s extensive technology practice, including defeating class certification to end litigation that had been pending since 2015 and defending a Chinese solar company against federal fraud claims. The profile also reports Pipkin’s thoughts on what drew her to the legal profession: the opportunity to resolve disputes peacefully and help protect the rights of everyone. The coverage concludes with Pipkin’s thoughts on the future of the legal profession: “It is imperative that experienced lawyers and judges collectively work to train the next generation and provide them front-line opportunities so that we may preserve our system of justice for the long term.”
In addition to serving as managing partner of McManis Faulkner, Pipkin represents companies and individuals in a wide range of disputes, including those involving technology, trade secrets, complex commercial issues and civil rights matters. She is the past president of the Board of Trustees for the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, overseeing the organization’s various social justice initiatives in the community. Pipkin recently co-chaired the Ninth Circuit Lawyer Representatives Committee for the Northern District of California. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Harvard Law School Association of Northern California. Pipkin received her J.D. from Harvard Law School (2001) and her B.A. from Brigham Young University (1998).
McManis Faulkner, a San Jose, California based trial firm, provides a full range of litigation services, representing both corporations and individuals through trial and appeal. The firm handles a wide range of litigation, including business, civil rights, class actions, criminal, employment, family, general civil, intellectual property, personal injury, probate, and professional negligence. With experienced, well-trained trial lawyers and staff, McManis Faulkner prides itself on its ethnic, cultural and religious diversity.