Minna Y. Jay

Minna Jay is a partner at Russ August & Kabat, where she represents clients in high-stakes patent litigation. Ms. Jay has significant experience in all phases of litigation before federal district courts, the ITC, and the PTAB. Over recent years, she has helped attain highly favorable settlement and trial outcomes resulting in over a billion dollars in awards and settlements for clients across a wide range of technologies, including smart thermostats, data compression, wireless communications, electronic storage devices, and semiconductors.

Prior to joining Russ, August, & Kabat, Ms. Jay successfully defended complex product liability, tort, and business litigation cases on behalf of automotive manufacturers and ride-share technology companies in both pre-trial and trial phases.

Ms. Jay also worked closely with her clients regarding novel autonomous vehicle research/development issues. Ms. Jay formerly externed for the Honorable Otis D. Wright, II and the Honorable Craig Richman. Ms. Jay graduated from Loyola Law School where she served as the Senior Production Editor of the Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review.

Ms. Jay has been recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyers “Rising Star” by Los Angeles Magazine every year since 2020. In 2023 and 2024, she was named a Top 100 Rising Star and a Top 50 Women Rising Star.

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