Best Lawyers in America for Litigation - Patent
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David C. Greer is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent, Litigation - Trusts and Estates and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants. David C., who practices law in Dayton, Ohio, has been recognized since 1983. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which David C. is held ...
Greg Arovas has established a reputation as one of the top intellectual property litigation lawyers in New York. Greg has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in numerous high-profile patent and trade secret litigations, including cases for high-technology clients such as Intel, IBM, Samsung, Sony, Xerox, Lucent, Agere, Oracle, Siemens, Infineon, Xilinx, and KCI. Greg has tried numerous District Court and ITC cases to verdict involving a wide range of computer, software, communications ...
Michael P. Chu focuses his practice on all aspects of patent law, including complex litigation, opinions and prosecution. He serves as the Local IP Litigation Practice Group Leader in McDermott’s Chicago office. Mike is also the Chair of the Firm’s Racial & Ethnic Diversity Committee. Read full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/chu-michael-p/
R. David Donoghue is a trial attorney and the deputy practice group leader of Holland & Knight's Intellectual Property Group, focusing his almost 15 years of experience upon intellectual property litigation and particularly upon patent disputes. Mr. Donoghue's most recent trial experience includes a jury verdict finding of willfulness, a full trebling of damages and a full award of attorney's fees in the Northern District of Illinois. Mr. Donoghue has also been chosen as lead trial counse...
Eligio Pimentel is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Patent. Eligio, who practices law in Chicago, Illinois, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Eligio is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Michael Summersgill is a first-chair trial lawyer who focuses on high-stakes technology litigation including patent, trade secret and general commercial litigation. He has represented major clients—such as Intel, NVIDIA, Natera, Vertex, Akamai and Quest Diagnostics, among many others—in multiple jurisdictions across the country. He has a long track record of winning cases under the most challenging circumstances and in the toughest jurisdictions—earning recognition, among ot...
Cosmin Maier is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Patent. Cosmin, who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Cosmin is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Russell Chorush is a co-founder of Houston-based Heim, Payne & Chorush, a patent litigation boutique that is known for its sophisticated and effective litigation related to patent infringement and patent-related antitrust work. Russ is a true pioneer in patent-related antitrust litigation against pharmaceutical companies under the Sherman Antitrust Act and FTC v. Actavis, Inc., 133 S. Ct. 2223 (2013). Russ plays leadership roles on multifirm teams and has assisted in securing groundbreaki...
Ryan T. Santurri is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation, Copyright Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent, Patent Law and Trademark Law. Ryan T., who practices law in Orlando, Florida, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Ryan T. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Jason Cassady is a principal at Dallas’ Caldwell Cassady & Curry who focuses on intellectual property litigation and complex commercial litigation. Mr. Cassady provides clients with extensive federal trial experience, including courtroom victories in patent cases involving diverse technologies such as secure computer networking, integrated circuits, video game controllers, and computer operating systems. He also has represented parties on both sides of the aisle in areas such as dri...
William (Bill) Gaede focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation in the life sciences and medical device industries. Bill serves as lead counsel for a wide range of companies and research institutes and has extensive experience in litigating life science technologies such as antibodies, proteins, small molecules and diagnostics. In addition to his jury trial experience, Bill has argued before the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He further provides risk manage...
Mr. Newton is a partner in the Intellectual Property Litigation Group whose practice maintains a particular emphasis on complex patent infringement litigation and counseling. Many of the matters for which Mr. Newton has been responsible involve multiple parties and multiple jurisdictions, often within multiple countries. For example, he has represented clients in federal courts in California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin and has...
Janis Clements is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Patent. Janis, who practices law in Austin, Texas, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Janis is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
James G. Morrow is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Copyright Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent and Patent Law. James G., who practices law in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been recognized since 2007. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which James G. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
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