Leslie Sara Hyman

Leslie Sara Hyman is a litigation attorney at Pulman, Cappuccio & Pullen, LLP, with a practice encompassing intellectual property matters within a broader focus on business litigation, antitrust, trade regulation, and appellate matters. Her experience includes handling complex disputes involving intellectual property in both federal and state courts, as well as before arbitration tribunals.

In patent litigation, Ms. Hyman has represented defendants. Her tracked appearances show her serving as local counsel for Visa, Inc. in the case Cortex MCP, Inc. v. Visa, Inc.. This case involved allegations of infringement concerning patents related to mobile-wallet platforms and payment tokenization technology. While Inter Partes Review (IPR) proceedings were initiated by Visa in this matter, challenging the asserted patents, her direct regular appearance in IPR/PGR proceedings is not explicitly detailed in available sources.

Ms. Hyman is admitted to practice in California and Texas, as well as before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, and the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from Brandeis University in 1986 and her J.D. from Hastings College of the Law, University of California, in 1994.