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Tony Sammi

Position
Tony Sammi, Global Co-Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Technology Industry Group and former Global Vice Chair of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice, is a first-chair litigator who handles complex, high-profile technology matters at trial and on appeal.
Tony represents clients in high-stakes, ground-breaking intellectual property matters at the cutting edge of innovation in US District Courts and on appeal, as well as before the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). His status as a go-to trial lawyer for some of the industry’s highest profile tech clients speaks to his impressive track record and his effective and aggressive case strategies.
Drawing on his background in electrical engineering and physics, he takes to trial disputes across a broad range of technologies, including those involving:
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- Aerospace
- Medical devices
- Software algorithms
- Virtual-reality, first-person shooter, and 3D gaming
- Petrochemical industry modeling software
- Source code
- Blood centrifuge devices
- Sporting equipment
- Pharmaceuticals
Tony’s practice includes strategic counseling for both US and multinational clients on evaluating, licensing, and protecting invaluable intellectual property portfolios.
Tony’s cases regularly garner coverage in, and he has been quoted by, outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, CNBC, Bloomberg, Vanity Fair, BBC News, USA Today, and The Hollywood Reporter. The National Law Journal described his closing arguments in a jury trial as a “virtuoso performance.”
A recognized leader within the IP and tech bar, Tony is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the New York Intellectual Property Law Association. He previously served as President and Director of the South Asian Bar Association of New York, for which he is a founding member, and as Director of the National South Asian Bar Association.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
(Leading partners)Latham & Watkins LLP‘s workload includes handling high-stakes disputes for well-known names across a range of industries, from tech to pharma. Trade secrets litigator Douglas Lumish
handles cross-border disputes from the San Francisco office. In San Diego, Jennifer Barry assists with both counseling and litigious matters. Chicago’s Matthew Walch handles some of the team’s most prominent cases, including representing Shenzhen Senior Technology in a near billion-dollar global IP dispute. Jeff Homrig works from Austin and has particular expertise in the tech and life sciences sectors. On the East Coast, Tony Sammi ’embodies everything a client wants to see in a lawyer’ and Rachel Renee Blitzer is noted for her capabilities in both litigation and the due diligence aspects of IP. David Frazier is based in Washington DC and oversees the national offering alongside Barry and Homrig.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners United States > Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters) United States > Intellectual property
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Antitrust > Merger control
- International trade and national security > National Security
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Government > Government contracts
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense