Experience
Representative Work
Trade Secret Misappropriation
- Defended a $4 billion misappropriation of trade secrets case involving systematic mathematical investment models, securing a court order requiring plaintiff to provide a detailed and specific description of the alleged trade secrets, after which the matter settled favorably.
- Defended a $750 million misappropriation of trade secrets case involving semiconductor manufacturing.
- Prosecuted a $100 million misappropriation of trade secrets case involving paint formulas, presenting results of an internal investigation to federal authorities, which resulted in the former director of research being charged, convicted, and sentenced to 57 months in federal prison.
- Prosecuted a $40 million misappropriation of trade secrets case involving mining processes, settling favorably on the eve of trial.
- Defended and obtained dismissal of all charges in a federal indictment alleging misappropriation of trade secrets and false statements involving a large software system for administering state unemployment insurance benefits.
Patent Infringement
- Defended a $60 million patent infringement case involving atrial septal occluder devices, obtaining summary judgments of unenforceability as to the first asserted patent, non-infringement as to the second asserted patent, and invalidity as to the third asserted patent, with all three judgments affirmed on appeal.
- Prosecuted a $27 million patent infringement case involving cardiovascular stents to jury verdict, prevailing on appeal.
- Prosecuted a $50 million patent infringement case involving a method and device for determining the effectiveness of heat-based sterilization procedures, settling favorably on the eve of trial.
- Prosecuted a $75 million patent infringement case involving embossed webs useful as liners for pressure-sensitive adhesives used in commercial graphics, settling favorably on the eve of trial after obtaining reversal of the trial court's claim construction.
- Prosecuted an $80 million patent infringement case involving disposable respirators with exhalation valves, obtaining summary judgment on defendant's counterclaim of patent unenforceability and settling favorably thereafter.
- Prosecuted a number of patent infringement cases and International Trade Commission (ITC) proceedings involving patents related to interactive program guides, with all cases settling favorably after years of litigation.
- Defended a $45 million patent infringement case involving Coriolis flow meters and prosecuted a counterclaim for attempted monopolization antitrust violations, settling favorably at the end of discovery.
- Defended and prosecuted multiple multi-million-dollar patent infringement cases involving dynamic random access memory (DRAM) devices, all settling favorably at the end of discovery.
Trademark & Counterfeit Goods
- Defended a $130 million federal trafficking-in-counterfeit-goods investigation involving water filters, obtaining a declination from the government.
- Defended a multi-million-dollar trademark infringement and trademark counterfeiting case involving tactical flashlights, settling favorably during court-ordered mediation.
Government Enforcement, False Claims Act & Corporate Investigations
- Defended a $150 million False Claims Act case in the manufacturing of aluminum curtain wall windows for commercial and governmental buildings, obtaining governmental declination, dismissal of FCA claims, and a jury verdict of no retaliatory discharge.
- Defended a $350 million ERISA healthcare case and prosecuted a $50 million healthcare fraud and conspiracy counterclaim.
- Conducted extensive internal investigations for national public universities involving allegations of faculty misconduct, false claims, and misappropriation of intellectual property.
- Conducted extensive internal investigations for national and international corporations involving allegations of bribery and public corruption.
- Represented senior corporate executives against allegations of internal and external misconduct.
- Represented national and international clients in government enforcement actions involving alleged FCPA violations, corrupt practices, and fraudulent schemes in Brazil, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Jordan, Malaysia, Panama, Qatar, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom.
- Served as court-appointed Receiver in SEC v. Cook, et al., Case No. 09-cv-3333; CFTC v. Cook, et al., Case No. 09-cv-3332; and SEC v. Beckman, et al., Case No. 11-cv-574 (D. Minn.) — matters arising from a $194 million Ponzi scheme with hundreds of victims.

