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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Patent and trade secret litigator with significant trial and post trial experience in Federal district courts and the ITC.

Greater Milwaukee Area

- Significant experience representing pharmaceutical companies and Hatch-Waxman Act matters, often defending products worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year in revenue. - Key member of many trial teams.- Work closely with agriculture companies, electronics manufacturers, software companies and manufacturers of other mechanical products. - Clients include Fortune 500 companies and emerging start-ups.- Develop creative arguments at trial and represents clients in all stages of litigation, from pre-suit assessment and opinion stage, through discovery, expert discovery, trial and appeal.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Practice focuses on litigating intellectual property disputes spanning a wide variety of technologies and subject matters. Notable skills and experience include:• Operating as the lead associate with independent responsibility in patent and trade secret litigation matters.• Working closely with client businesses to identify protectable assets, formulate enforcement plans, create litigation strategies, and make determinations as to how best to assert or defend claims of patent infringement.• Litigating multiple cases through trial as a key member of trial teams, including: preparing, responding to, and arguing motions in limine; working with fact and expert witnesses; coordinating disclosures and addressing evidentiary disputes; conducting direct and cross examinations; assisting with trial strategy; and preparing post-trial briefing.• Taking the lead in drafting numerous briefs and motions at all stages of litigation (dismiss, compel, summary judgment, in limine, sanctions, permanent injunction, portions of preliminary injunction briefs, and portions of appellate briefs).• Taking the lead in drafting numerous pleadings at all stages of litigation (complaints, answers, initial disclosures, 26(f) reports, invalidity and non-infringement contentions, infringement contentions, and pre-trial disclosures).• Taking and defending numerous depositions, including expert, 30(b)(6), and 30(b)(1) witnesses.• Managing all aspects of expert discovery, including identifying potential expert witnesses, managing the preparation of expert reports, and preparing expert witnesses for deposition and trial.• Managing and performing all aspects of fact discovery, including: identifying potential witnesses and sources of information; negotiating protective orders and the scope of electronic discovery; coordinating document collection/review; preparing and responding to discovery requests; conducting meet-and-confers with opposing counsel; and drafting and arguing motions to compel.

Greater Chicago Area

Practice focused on litigating patent disputes for Fortune 500 pharmaceutical companies. Notable experience includes:• Participating in trial as a member of the trial team, including preparing direct and cross examination outlines, responding to motions in limine, preparing demonstratives, and arguing an evidentiary dispute in court.• Drafting invalidity and non-infringement contentions, Markman briefs, motions in limine, opinion analysis regarding non-infringement and invalidity for use in a Paragraph IV certification, pre-trial orders, and legal memoranda.• Taking depositions of fact (including 30(b)(6)) and expert witnesses, including key inventors.• Performing all aspects of fact and expert discovery, including: preparing answers to complaints; responding to discovery requests; reviewing documents for production; managing document review; creating and reviewing privilege logs; handling discovery disputes; conducting invalidity and non-infringement analyses; selecting experts; managing the preparation of expert declarations; and preparing experts for deposition and trial.

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Jd, Law

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