Uber Litigator in Finite Women’s League in Big Law

The trial pitting Uber against rival Waymo in a high-stakes trade secrets dispute over self-driving car technology brought one of Uber’s attorneys, Karen Dunn, to the forefront publicly at a time when such complex commercial cases still have few female attorneys in top roles.

Dunn, an experienced litigator who has represented high-tech companies, questioned Uber founder Travis Kalanick during the trial. She is the lead attorney for the Uber legal team from Boies, Schiller & Flexner, which helped defend the start-up against Waymo’s accusations that it tried to steal driverless technology.

The trial ended abruptly Feb. 9 when Uber settled, ...