Rena Andoh is an accomplished trial lawyer who represents clients in complex commercial disputes in state and federal courts and domestic and international arbitrations. She has substantial first-chair experience handling business-critical litigation involving trade secrets, restrictive covenants, employment matters, intellectual property, and other commercial claims.
Rena advises companies and individuals across a broad range of industries, including financial services, health care, technology, real estate, entertainment, cybersecurity, energy, and government contracting. She guides clients through high-stakes disputes at every stage of litigation, from pre-suit strategy and emergency proceedings through trial and appeal. Her experience includes matters involving shareholder and fiduciary duty claims, business torts, employee mobility issues, and intellectual property disputes, and she routinely handles requests for temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions, attachments, and other forms of expedited relief.
In addition to her litigation practice, Rena handles domestic and international arbitrations and counsels clients on internal and government investigations arising from civil disputes. She also advises on complex electronic discovery matters, including the forensic preservation and analysis of electronic devices. Prior to beginning her legal career, Rena was a professional violist.
Representative Experience
- Represented a fintech startup in a trade secret misappropriation dispute involving proprietary econometric models embedded in a software program, resulting in a highly favorable settlement shortly before the hearing.*
- Represented individual and corporate defendants in a trade secret theft and corporate raiding dispute in the financial services industry, securing a complete defense verdict at trial.*
- Represented a military contractor in a trade secret dispute involving the alleged misappropriation of more than one million company data files, securing a stipulated temporary restraining order against former employees.*
- Served as first-chair trial counsel in a one-week jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California involving a dispute over the tax treatment of payments made by an entertainment industry company to individuals associated with the company.*
- Served as first-chair trial counsel in a one-week arbitration before the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) involving a contractual dispute over payment obligations in the pharmaceutical industry.*
*Matters handled prior to joining Foley.
Awards and Recognition
- Crain’s New York Business, Notable Leaders in Accounting, Consulting and Law (2026)
- Crain’s New York Business, Notable Women in Law (2019)
- Super Lawyers, New York Rising Stars, Business Litigation (2014-2015)
- Seymour Goldstein Memorial Prize for Achievement in Labor Law (2003)