GARY HECKER
Co-Managing Partner
Munck Wilson Mandala
Gary Hecker began his professional career as a mechanical engineer, designing power systems for a multinational architectural engineering firm before he attended law school at the University of San Diego School of Law where he was a member of the San Diego Law Review. His engineering and science background, combined with his longstanding involvement in the Los Angeles entertainment community positioned Hecker for a dynamic and high-profile Los Angeles-based legal career.
Hecker has represented many of the world’s leading technology companies as well as celebrities and entertainment clients in patent, trademark, and copyright law litigation and transactional matters in the Southern California region.
A natural-born leader, Hecker began his legal career working at a renowned, private IP boutique law firm. He quickly developed a substantial client base and soon branched out to establish his own boutique Los Angeles IP firm, The Hecker Law Group, which he ran successfully for more than three decades.
Throughout his legal career, Hecker has been known as the tech-savvy, go-to lawyer for the businesses of well-known technology and entertainment leaders, including luminaries such as Steve Jobs, Steven Spielberg, Mark Burnett and Maria Shriver. He also testified twice on behalf of Apple Computer, Inc. before the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations for the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In addition to representing many of the nation’s leading technology companies in patent, trademark and copyright matters, Hecker has also represented celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Sharon Stone and the late Ray Liotta in lawsuits related to the unlawful use of their likenesses and trademark protection.
