Deanna Kwong, Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s senior IP litigation counsel, this year led her team and outside counsel to a summary judgment victory in a highly contentious competitor copyright case filed by Oracle, which had accused HPE of using stolen intellectual property in a scheme to win valuable customer service contracts. Kwong is among the 21 lawyers chosen by The Recorder as Women Leaders in Tech Law as part of this year’s California Leaders in Tech Law and Innovation Awards.

The Recorder: What’s your proudest professional achievement of the past year and why?