• Managed all aspects of intellectual property (primarily patent) litigation, with highlights including asserting a novel copyright counterclaim against a patent troll to leverage favorable resolution; winning a 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss a patent claim on section 101 grounds in the Eastern District of Texas; successfully avoiding a preliminary injunction in a trade secret assertion by a large insurance company in its home forum; successfully stayed customers’ suits pending resolution of primary claims against Red Hat software. • Supervised teams of in house and outside counsel to successfully resolve variety of litigation, including patent, copyright, trade secret, employment, and contract disputes.• Developed and implemented patent acquisition program.

• Led all day-to-day aspects of patent litigation, including formulating and executing litigation strategy, developing and implementing discovery plans, preparing potential claims and defenses, meeting and conferring with opposing counsel, taking and defending depositions, preparing all motions and briefs, supervising associates, conducting mediation sessions, and arguing claim construction and summary judgment hearings. • Provided regular counsel to companies, including strategies to cost-effectively manage disputes within budget.

• Managed significant areas of cases with minimal oversight; managed discovery for large ITC case, including bi-weekly discovery committee meetings with opposing counsel and the staff attorney; communicated with clients; assessed damages and liability, including analyzing prior art and preparing invalidity claim charts; made settlement recommendations; planned litigation strategies; conducted discovery; worked closely with experts; prepared discovery requests and responses; supervised junior associates.• Represented high-technology clients, such as Apple, Samsung Electronics, Infineon Technologies, and Agere Systems, in matters involving semiconductor processing, semiconductor packaging, wireless communications, high-speed modems, DRAMs, and portable media players. • Conducted over thirty and defended over twenty depositions, including those of 30(b)(6) designees.• Prepared motions for summary judgment and discovery motions; drafted expert reports and claim construction briefs; prepared demonstrative materials for Markman and summary judgment hearings.

• Conducted patent litigation in diverse technologies ranging from cellular phone network technology for a leading cellular phone manufacturer to personal digital assistants for a computer hardware manufacturer to software database structure and searching technology for an online travel broker, gaining experience that included legal research, writing memoranda of law and drafting briefs, coordinating discovery, and creating demonstrative materials for a Markman hearing.