Fenwick & West’s J. David Hadden and Saina Shamilov in Silicon Valley represented more than 60 customers of Amazon Web Services in an effort to shut down a patent enforcement campaign by nonpracticing entity PersonalWeb Technologies. Susan Muck, the firm’s securities enforcement practice co-chair, and Kevin Muck, the securities litigation practice chair, defended Uber’s board in shareholder derivative litigation stemming from the company’s acquisition of autonomous vehicle startup Ottomotto. Partners Dean Kristy and Jennifer Bretan in San Francisco beat back a securities fraud suit targeting Tesla with claims the company misled investors about the production of its new Model 3. San Francisco partner Bryan Kohm teamed with partners in Seattle and New York to win summary judgment for supercomputer maker Cray on two patents asserted by Raytheon Co.

That resume landed Fenwick as one of six finalists for the Tech Litigation Department of the Year as part of The Recorder’s California Leaders in Tech Law and Innovation Awards. The winner will be announced at a ceremony celebrating all winners and finalists Nov. 6. The Recorder recently caught up with Jedediah Wakefield, chair of Fenwick’s litigation group, about the firm’s focus on litigating for technology companies.