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Patrick McCarthy

2023464266 pmccarthy@goodwinlaw.com

Position

Partner

Career

PJ McCarthy is a partner in Goodwin’s IP Litigation practice. PJ is a first chair litigator with particular expertise handling Section 337 investigations at the International Trade Commission (ITC). Having handled about forty investigations, PJ counsels ITC clients across a wide breadth of industries and regarding various areas of law. PJ stays current on all developments at the ITC, he regularly speaks about practicing at the Commission, and sits on the Executive Committee for the ITC’s leading bar association – the ITC Trial Lawyers Association (ITCTLA).

PJ also regularly leads district court patent litigations and is an accomplished jury trial specialist. PJ handles a broad scope of technologies in his practice, but as an electrical engineer tends to focus on such things as semiconductors, computers, wireless technologies, consumer electronics, and the mechanical arts. In June 2021, PJ led a trial team that secured a windfall jury verdict for his clients that resulted in national Litigator of the Week recognition.

Education

JD, 2008, The John Marshall Law School (cum laude) / BS, Electrical Engineering, 2005, Purdue University West Lafayette