Lois S. Ahn

Lois Ahn’s practice focuses on complex civil litigation at both the trial and appellate levels. Her practice spans a broad range of subject matters, including intellectual property, bankruptcy and restructuring, and other commercial disputes.

Prior to joining MoloLamken, Ms. Ahn served as a law clerk to the Honorable Kiyo A. Matsumoto of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She also previously worked as a litigation associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.

Ms. Ahn is a native Korean speaker.

* Admitted only in New York; practice limited to matters before federal courts and federal agencies.

Representative Matters

• Enterprise software company before the Federal Circuit regarding trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract
• Litigation financing company against Albanian sovereign entities in connection with confirmation and enforcement of an ICC arbitral award
• Inventors in patent appeal before the Federal Circuit over the Nobel Prize-winning CRISPR gene-editing technology
• Investment advisor against the Republic of Venezuela and its national oil company in connection with enforcement of judgments
• Global cosmetics company in adversary proceeding regarding pre-bankruptcy debt transactions
• Multinational bank in adversary proceeding regarding insurance liability in Chapter 11 restructuring of major oil refinery
• Global mattress company in indenture litigation following renegotiation and restructuring of over $2 billion in term loans
• Internet-based music streaming platform in proceeding against record labels before Copyright Royalty Board to determine sound recording performance royalty rates
• International e-commerce platform against secondary copyright infringement claims arising from sale of protected artwork to U.S. buyers by foreign merchants

Publications

• Trump's NY Civil Fraud Trial Spotlights Long-Criticized Law, Law360 (Apr. 5, 2024) (with Mark Kelley)