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Leigh Ann Buziak is an experienced litigator and trusted adviser who helps clients protect their most critical business assets and navigate high-stakes competitive situations. With a national litigation and counseling practice that focuses on the protection of trade secrets and valuable business relationships through restrictive covenants and other methods. She represents businesses ranging from Fortune 10 to emerging and local companies.Leigh Ann is known for delivering strong courtroom advocacy as well as practical business solutions. She litigates and resolves complex matters involving trade secrets, competitive hiring, and executive transitions, applying a strategic, fact-driven approach grounded in extensive experience across federal and state courts nationwide. Her litigation record includes obtaining and defending emergency temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions, and major complex litigation through discovery, trial, and appeals.This area often involves digital evidence, and her work has focused on how to develop this evidence including forensic analysis of electronic evidence in collaboration with technical experts. Beyond litigation, clients rely on her for proactive counseling on recruitment, hiring, litigation risk, and pre-litigation investigations involving unfair competition, breaches of fiduciary duty, and theft of trade secrets and confidential information to prevent disputes before they escalate.Recognized by Chambers USA for Labor &amp; Employment, Leigh Ann is praised for her communication style and her ability to align legal strategy with business goals: “Leigh Ann is very communicative and very thoughtful in her approach and finding a way to meet our objectives,” and “She’s awesome—super knowledgeable on the subject matter and really helped us on our case.”A leader within the firm, Leigh Ann serves on the Partner Board, the Lawyer Promotions Committee, and the Attorney Recruiting and Retention Philadelphia Subcommittee. She previously led the firm’s General Litigation practice group for first- to fourth-year associates and is a founder of Blank Rome’s Trade Secrets and Competitive Hiring group.

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The Sedona Conference Working Group 12 Annual Meeting 2025

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