Get to know us
SedlikGroup, P.C. was founded in 2016 by Gary S. Sedlik, Esq., a veteran lawyer at large global law firms and senior legal advisor to multi-national corporations. Mr. Sedlik was a litigation partner in the global law firm White & Case LLP before transitioning to in-house positions with The Wonderful Company and, most recently, serving as Associate General Counsel for Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.
After leaving Toshiba, Mr. Sedlik founded SedlikGroup, P.C. to provide elite legal services to medium and small businesses, including representation of clients in state and federal litigation, expert IP consulting relating to copyright, trademark and trade secrets, as well as legal advice with respect to a wide variety of complex business and legal issues.
Mr. Sedlik is a licensed FAA Part 107 drone pilot and offers counsel, advice and representation of drone pilots (licensed and unlicensed) relating to civil FAA enforcement actions regarding allegations of violations of airspace rules and restrictions, TFRs, drone regulations, exceeding "hobby" limitations on drone operations and other alleged violations of regulatory rules pertaining to drones and drone pilots. As drone enforcement actions have increased significantly pursuant to enhanced FAA oversight, FAA and DHS policy changes and recent executive orders, Mr. Sedlik is able to provide guidance relating to DETER Program actions as well as standard FAA civil enforcement investigations and resulting civil litigation.
Representative clients
Representative global clients include Support Community, Inc., Puritan Bakery, Inc., Hallock Design Group, Inc., BDG Development Group, Inc., Toshiba Corporation, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Toshiba America, Inc., Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., Toshiba Visual Solutions Group, Inc., Jeff Sedlik Photography and others.
Our focus
Mr. Sedlik has built his legal career based on excellence. As a small, focused law firm, we are fully-dedicated to our clients' needs and provide "Outside In-House" Counsel services on a broad variety of legal issues facing today's businesses. We are aggressive, focused, experienced and formidable litigators in state and federal courts & always seek to obtain the best result possible for our clients.
Our team
Founder and Managing Partner Gary S. Sedlik is a licensed California attorney with more than 29 years of major law firm and global corporate experience. He has conducted, managed and supervised all facets of litigation in state and federal courts, including multi-billion dollar international disputes. His law firm experience includes taking and defending hundreds of depositions, including percipient witness and expert depositions, second-chairing a 10-day trial for a major international horse racing conglomerate, and conducting arbitrations, mediations and settlement conferences.
Mr. Sedlik also has experience handling appeals (preparing briefing and conducting oral argument), including appeals in the California Court of Appeals and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Sedlik also briefed and argued a criminal appeal in the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, resulting in a published opinion.
Recently, Mr. Sedlik prevailed in the Ninth Circuit on an appeal regarding the denial of a motion to compel arbitration. He also obtained significant sanctions against opposing counsel for using Generative Artificial Intelligence ("AI") in the preparation of a brief filed in federal court, resulting in numerous AI "hallucinations," including citations to non-existent cases, fabricated quotations and inaccurate citations to caselaw.
Gary S. Sedlik, Esq.
Founder / Managing Partner