Mr Russell Levine > Kirkland & Ellis LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile

Mr Russell Levine

+1 312-862-2466 [email protected]

Position

Trial and ADR: patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation matters, disputes involving patent license agreements, PTAB proceedings, ITC Section 337 proceedings. Appellate: includes Federal Circuit appeals. Licensing: structuring, negotiating licensing-in and -out transactions. ILO Client Choice 2012 Award – Litigation, USA. Included in Chambers USA each year since 2008 with comments describing him as having a “strategic and client-oriented mindset,” being “an awe-inspiringly good litigator,” “an excellent patent litigator,” and “very bright and effective;” and praising him “for delivering pragmatic and well-reasoned legal advice in an understandable, business-friendly way.” Member, WIPO Center’s List of approved Mediators and Arbitrators; USPTO registered; Certified Licensing Professional.

Career

Co-editor (with A. Liberman and P. Chrocziel): “International Licensing and Technology Transfer: Practice and the Law,” Kluwer Law Publishing

Memberships

Licensing Executives Society (USA & Canada), Past President

Society of Automotive Engineers

Museum of Science & Industry, Past Chair of the Presidents Council

Education

University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1986); University of Michigan (B.S., 1982, economics); (B.S., 1982, interdisciplinary engineering).