Prior to joining Troutman Sanders, all three attorneys worked for Morgan Lewis in New York. Jim was a partner in Morgan Lewis’ Litigation Practice, leader of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice in New York, and co-head of the firm’s financial patent initiative. Kevin was an associate at the firm and practiced in the firm’s Litigation, Intellectual Property and Greater China Practices, and Laura was an associate in the firm’s Litigation and Intellectual Property Practices.
“Kevin has strong ties to the emerging Chinese IP market and is very well connected in the Chinese IP community," said Doug Salyers, head of Troutman Sanders' Intellectual Property practice group. "He has already brought some Chinese based clients to us, and working with other Troutman attorneys who have been similarly focused on China, we expect to develop significant additional work."
With 20 years of experience in patent litigation, Jim focuses his practice in the medical, electronics, computer science, and financial technologies fields. He has acted as lead trial counsel for a variety of patent disputes and has handled both jury and bench trials. He is lead counsel on patent matters pending in many diverse venues, including in the Western District of Wisconsin, the Northern District of Illinois, the Southern District of New York, and the Northern District of California. He has also represented several overseas clients in international forums on patent and IP matters.
Jim is admitted to practice in New York and Connecticut and before the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Div., 1st Dept.; the Supreme Court of the State of Connecticut; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
He is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the New York Intellectual Property Law Association.
Jim received a B.S.C.H.E. (Chemical Engineering) in 1979 from Tufts University and a J.D. in 1986 from Pace University School of Law.
Kevin’s practice includes intellectual property litigation, licensing, opinion work, and patent prosecution. He has litigated many cases involving flash memory drives, wide bandgap (WBG) light-emitting diodes (LEDs), digital cameras, cell phones, electronic watches, and PDAs, as well as other technology areas, such as semiconductor manufacturing processes, computer software and telecommunication systems. He also advises clients on licensing, opinion, and patent prosecution matters.
His practice covers most areas of physics and electrical engineering, including wireless telecommunications, digital signal processing, Internet technology, e-commerce, software, integrated circuits, business methods, fiber optics, lasers, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and xerography.
Kevin is fluent in Chinese and English and has represented multiple Chinese companies in their patent litigations in the United States.
He is admitted to practice in New York and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association and the New York City Bar Association.
Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Kevin had been a patent agent at a leading intellectual property boutique, as well as a member of the technical staff (MTS) at Lucent Technologies, where he worked on software development of 3G CDMA wireless telecommunication systems.
Kevin received a B.S. in electrical engineering in 1995 from Tsinghua University, a M.S. in 1998 and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 2001 from the University of Notre Dame, and a J.D. in 2005 from Fordham University School of Law.
Laura’s practice focuses primarily on intellectual property litigation and patent counseling. Her litigation background involves a wide array of technologies, including chemical, electronics, radio controlled devices, and semiconductor technology. She has experience in dealing with all phases of litigation, including discovery, motion practice, summary judgment, and trial. She has managed discovery in international forums, including Hague convention protocols in U.S. litigation matters. Additionally, her practice includes counseling clients in intellectual property matters, such as patent licensing and mediation.
She is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey, as well as before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Laura earned a B.S., magna cum laude, in chemical engineering in 2002 from Manhattan College and a J.D., cum laude, in 2005 from Pace University School of Law, where she served on the editorial board of the Pace International Law Review.
Troutman Sanders LLP is pleased to announce the addition of seven intellectual property lawyers who have joined the firm’s newly created 