Corey D. Laplante

Corey Laplante is a trial lawyer. He represents founders, executives, and boards in high-stakes litigation – particularly founder disputes and cases involving trade secrets, fiduciary duties, and questions of corporate control. Drawing on experience as both a litigator and an operating executive, Corey helps clients navigate complex conflicts that demand clear, decisive action aligned with business objectives.

Before returning to private practice, Corey served as General Counsel – and ultimately President, Co-CEO, and Board Director – of a venture-backed AI company, where he led legal and commercial strategy through multiple financing rounds, global distribution partnerships, and product launches.

Select representations include:

• Lead counsel for a Series D AI-data-infrastructure company in a trade-secrets dispute involving methods for reinforcement learning. Corey and his team obtained a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction in the Northern District of California, securing settlement shortly thereafter.
• Lead counsel for a prominent musician and founder of a venture-backed audio-technology company, achieving a favorable resolution of a complex founder dispute that had threatened a critical financing round.
• Member of the trial team representing Bayer in three consecutive MDL bellwether trials involving Xarelto in the Eastern District of Louisiana and Southern District of Mississippi – all resulting in complete defense verdicts.
• Member of the trial team representing the NCAA in antitrust litigation in the Northern District of California challenging NCAA compensation rules under the Sherman Act. The Court's opinion reaffirmed the procompetitive value of the NCAA’s rules limiting pay for student-athletes while enjoining certain limitations on benefits that student-athletes may receive.

Early in his career, Corey clerked for the Honorable Judge John J. Tuchi in the US District Court of Arizona.

Before law school, Corey was a Fulbright Scholar in Lima, Peru. Reuters, The New York Times, and several Peruvian publications covered the key findings of Corey’s research in Peru. He also worked for the Mayor of Washington, DC.