Michael Sitzman > DLA Piper LLP (US) > San Francisco, United States > Lawyer Profile

The patent litigation team at DLA Piper LLP (US) is widely renowned for representing a wide range of international tech and medical device companies, with a talented group of first-chair trial lawyers. The practice has seen significant growth across specific expansion areas including Austin, Washington DC, and Delaware. The team has impressive cross-jurisdictional capabilities, recently acting for Honeywell in the US ITC, Western District of Texas, German, the UK, China, and Delaware. The team leadership consists of Sean Cunningham and Erin Gibson from the firm’s San Diego office, Erin Gibson and Helena Kiepura operating out of Washington DC, Matthew Satchwell in Chicago, and Michael Sitzman in Silicon Valley.

The patent litigation practice at DLA Piper LLP (US) has widespread expertise in the ITC field, routinely leading cases for blue-chip clients including Toyota, Dell, Lenovo, and Motorola. The team has notably represented Microsoft in a number of ITC cases, and boasts an impressive success rate. Erin Gibson is the chair of the practice, operating out of the firm’s San Diego office, with US chair of the wider intellectual property and technology practice Sean Cunningham in the same location. Two further heads of the team, Gina Durham and Michael Sitzman, also operate out of California, in the San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices respectively. Helena Kiepura completes the leadership of the team, having been appointed to vice chair of the ITC practice. Silicon Valley-based Mark Fowler is another key figure in the team, acting as lead counsel for many technology and medical device companies.