Mark Abate is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading Intellectual Property (IP) lawyers by directories such as Chambers USA, IAM Patent 1000 and Managing IP’s IP Stars, among others, for his trial excellence, strategic insight and technical mastery in patent litigation.

Ranjini Acharya brings a multidisciplinary approach to navigating the protection and enforcement of patent, trade secret, trademark, copyright and other intellectual property rights.

With more than 20 years of experience representing numerous Fortune 500 companies, Jack Barufka ranks as one of the top intellectual property attorneys in the U.S.

Jim Conley represents startups and mid-cap technology companies that require high-quality intellectual property counseling and solid advice on competing patents.

Chris Drymalla is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice.

Evan Finkel, leader of Pillsbury’s Los Angeles Intellectual Property group, handles all aspects of patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, unfair competition and computer law.

Peter Hahn’s practice focuses on litigation, technology law, IP licensing and prosecution, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.

Jean-Paul Hoffman represents technology and emerging businesses in U.S. and international patent application preparation and prosecution, patent validity and infringement opinions, and a wide range of related IP matters.

Robert “Bob” Hollingshead is an accomplished litigator with a strong engineering background, whose practice focuses on patent litigation, adversarial patent license negotiations, and strategic IP counseling. His practice spans the U.S., Japan and the broader Asia-Pacific region.

David Jakopin, a partner since 1996 and the head of Pillsbury’s Silicon Valley Intellectual Property (IP) group, is a strategic thinker who brings a broad knowledge base and creativity to provide practical advice and concrete implementations on difficult issues.

Chris Kao focuses his practice on intellectual property and complex commercial litigation. Chris is Pillsbury’s Intellectual Property Litigation practice group leader and Taiwan practice co-leader.

Jack Ko is Pillsbury’s Shanghai office managing partner. As a native Mandarin speaker with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, Jack leverages his language skill, legal experience, and technical knowledge to represent Chinese companies in export controls, cross-border and intellectual property litigation in the U.S.

Hean Koo focuses his practice on patent prosecution and IP counseling in a variety of sectors, including computer software, blockchain, AI, machine learning, digital medicine, retail point-of-sale (POS) systems, software relating to retail touch points, wireless communication systems, medical devices and haptic-enabled devices.

Pillsbury Intellectual Property partner Mark Litvack has achieved an impressive record of securing favorable outcomes for clients in trial and appellate courts and ADR proceedings.

Steven Tepera, a member of Pillsbury’s Intellectual Property practice group, focuses his practice on patent prosecution and litigation in federal and state courts, with a record of efficient and conclusive victories.

Carolyn Toto, a Pillsbury Intellectual Property partner, litigates in state and federal courts and provides strategic counseling to optimize and protect the value of clients’ IP portfolios.

David Tsai is Pillsbury’s Taiwan practice co-leader and also resident in the San Francisco office. David is a first-chair trial lawyer and focuses his practice on intellectual property and complex commercial litigation, including patent, trade secret, trademark, copyright, breach of contract, and product defect disputes in federal and state courts, as well as international arbitration tribunals.

Josh Tucker is a partner in the law firm’s Intellectual Property practice and splits his time between the Austin and Silicon Valley offices.

Brock Weber is a litigator with extensive first chair experience helping clients succeed in their complex intellectual property disputes.

Mike Zeliger, Pillsbury’s Global Head of Intellectual Property (IP), focuses his practice on complex patent litigation, as well as other IP and related technology litigation in state and federal courts throughout the United States, along with administrative bodies such as the International Trade Commission (ITC).

Pat Doody, a recognized authority on post-grant proceedings, patent infringement and Hatch-Waxman litigation, leads Pillsbury’s U.S. Patent and Trademark Office litigation team.

Ben Kiersz is a special counsel in Pillsbury’s Intellectual Property practice. Located in the Northern Virginia office, Ben focuses on patent litigation, counseling and prosecution.

Nathan Renov advises clients on all aspects of intellectual property protection in a variety of technologies and industries.

David Simons focuses his practice on patent infringement litigation and post-grant proceedings.

Matt Grillo focuses his practice on all aspects of intellectual property. His primary concentration is on patent prosecution and litigation, including Section 337 ITC litigation.

Michael Grosso focuses his practice on all aspects of intellectual property, with a primary concentration on patent prosecution and litigation.

Luke Hartman litigates patent infringement disputes and counsels clients on patent portfolio development. He specializes in patents related to software and electromechanical devices.

Surui Qu’s practice focuses on all aspects of intellectual property litigation, including patent litigation and trade secret disputes.

John Steger is an intellectual property litigator with experience representing clients in complex patent and trade secret disputes across the electronics and software industries.

Chad Hammerlind helps innovators protect and commercialize breakthroughs in AI, quantum computing, clean energy, biotechnology, medical devices, and satellite and space systems. 

Matthew Hindman leverages his electrical engineering background and semiconductor industry experience to secure favorable outcomes in complex patent cases in a broad range of advanced technologies.

Rob advises technology clients from startups to government research agencies to multinational corporations on strategies for obtaining patents and for navigating the landscape of competitors' patents.

Maitri Jaddu is a patent agent who performs various tasks related to patent prosecution including all aspects of preparing and prosecuting patent applications.

Jordan Kwan focuses his practice on all aspects of preparing and prosecuting patent applications and managing patent portfolios.

Shannon Lewis is a patent agent in Pillsbury’s intellectual property practice.

Alexandre Palagi has a background in biology, molecular biology, genetics and biochemistry.