Our Team

“What excites me is trying cases. When you are in the courtroom and the verdict is read, it’s a unique experience. Both sides have been working as hard as they possibly could for years to get to that moment. One team is about to experience th…

“To determine whether you are using someone else’s patent, you have to be able to take the technology at issue, whatever it is, and relate it to what the patent actually says. My job is to take very complex technology and make it totally acce…

“Patent litigation affords me the opportunity to satisfy my two strengths — understanding complex technologies and making that technology accessible to jurors. By doing so, I provide my clients compelling, winning positions.“ —John Wi…

Lea Brigtsen is an experienced complex commercial litigator whose practice concentrates on complex business disputes in state and federal courts, including patents, trade secrets, copyrights, business torts, and contracts. Her experience also include…

Michael is an experienced litigator and registered patent attorney who has litigated patent cases in a variety of fields, including audio processing, mobile device software and hardware, network resource allocation, media access, and high-end furn…

Eric is a registered patent lawyer with an emphasis on litigating matters before the United States District Courts. Eric has also litigated cases before the International Trade Commission and the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. Eric was the Technol…

Mark is an electrical engineer and registered patent attorney with over 15 years’ experience prosecuting patents and participating in inter partes reviews of patents in a variety of fields, including computer networking, operating systems, image pr…

Robert Rhodes’ principal area of practice is IP litigation, with a focus on patent and trade secret litigation. Before joining the firm, Robert was an associate at a major national firm. Before law school, Robert worked as an R&D analyst in a c…