Alison Montera has been a legal secretary since 1986. She joined the Intellectual Property Litigation Department at Latham & Watkins in 1995 and supports an IP partner, two IP associates and an IP paralegal, whose caseloads include multiple complex patent and trademark infringement cases.

Current responsibilities include the preparation and filing of pleadings in the United States District Courts of multiple states; drafting legal correspondence; maintaining client files; interacting and communicating with clients, counsel and third parties; coordinating with local counsel in out-of-state cases; assisting in trial preparation; trial support at off-site and out-of-town trials and arbitrations; setting up and managing war-rooms for same; coordinating complex travel arrangements for attorneys, paralegals, clients and witnesses; calendaring of time sensitive deadlines; arranging depositions; and coordinating meetings.

Prior to joining Latham & Watkins, Montera was a legal secretary in the IP Litigation Department of Cooley Godward LLP for 10 years. Before that, she gained experience in bankruptcy law, personal injury litigation and corporate matters at Robbins & Keehn.