31 Aug 2026
Chidera Dawodu Joins Meta as Lead IP Counsel
"Chidera Dawodu joins Meta as Lead Counsel, Intellectual Property, focusing on trademarks and counterfeits. She previously served as a litigation associate focused on trademarks and advertising at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati."
Dawodu was a litigation associate focused on trademarks and advertising in the Palo Alto office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. At the firm she expanded into advisory work, including advertising counseling, brand counseling, strategic trademark filings and pre-litigation enforcement, and developed experience litigating intellectual property matters.
At Meta she enters in-house as Lead Counsel, Intellectual Property, where her work will focus on trademarks and counterfeits. Her experience at Wilson Sonsini—both in litigation and in advisory roles—contributed to skills cited as valuable in-house, including succinct communication with business leaders, understanding client priorities and exercising sound judgment.