Ayad Mathews

Associate

  • Ayad Mathews
  • Phone: +1 619 744 2249

    Import to Address Book

  • Duane Morris LLP
    750 B Street, Suite 2900
    San Diego, CA 92101-4681
    USA

Ayad Mathews practices in the area of litigation.  Mr. Mathews represents clients in individual and class action disputes in state and federal court.  He has experience with the various stages of litigation and has litigated matters involving the Civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, Unfair Competition, the Consumer Legal Remedies Act, the Federal Arbitration Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act, among others.

Mr. Mathews regularly devotes time to pro bono and represents clients in guardianship matters through the San Diego Volunteer Lawyers Program.

Mr. Mathews is a 2021 cum laude graduate of the University of California, Irvine School of Law, and a magna cum laude graduate of San Diego State University.  He is fluent in Arabic.

Admissions

  • California
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Associate, 2021-present

Education

  • University of California, Irvine School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2021
  • San Diego State University, B.S., magna cum laude, 2016

Professional Activities

  • Federal Bar Association
  • Louis M. Welsh American Inn of Court
  • San Diego County Bar Association, New Lawyer Division

Selected Publications

Representative Matters

  • Obtained a victory on behalf of Oakberry Acai, one of the largest manufacturers, distributers and sellers of açaí products worldwide, in a dispute against a licensee of the Oakberry trademarks.

  • Obtained an order of terminating sanctions and monetary sanctions in favor of client in a dispute in federal court.

  • Obtained default judgment on claims for Civil RICO, misappropriation of trade secrets, fraud, and breach of duty of loyalty on behalf of two colleges against former employees, ultimately securing a monetary judgment of nearly $6 million (including treble and punitive damages) and an injunction.