Ferlillia Roberson > DLA Piper LLP (US) > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile

DLA Piper LLP (US)
444 WEST LAKE STREET
SUITE 900
CHICAGO, IL 60606-0089
ILLINOIS
United States

Work Department

Intellectual Property and Technology; Patent Litigation; Cross-Border Litigation; International Arbitration; Antitrust and Competition; Commercial Contracts Disputes; Industrials

Position

Partner; US Co-Chair, Industrials Sector

Career

Ferlillia V. Roberson focuses her intellectual property practice on complex patent and trade secrets litigation in district court, the US International Trade Commission and proceedings before the US Patent Office. Ferlillia also advices counseling on all aspects of patent, trade secrets, and trademark related matters.

Ferlillia’s patent litigation experience covers a broad range of technologies, including consumer goods, mobile communications devices, railroad car sets, data storage systems, advanced medical devices, pharmaceuticals, industrial and manufacturing equipment and processes, biochemistry, hazardous waste materials, heat exchangers, welding equipment, GPS navigation systems and automotive devices, among others.

Ferlillia has experience representing her clients in patent and trade secrets jury trials, ITC hearings inter partes reviews proceedings and before the Federal Circuit. Ferlillia has extensive trial and courtroom experience, including handling dozens of ITC cases and district court litigations.

Memberships

The Richard Linn American Inn of Court; Board Member, Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing (LCBH); Chicago Women in IP (ChiWIP); American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA); Chicago Committee Minorities In Large Law Firms; Black Women’s Lawyer’s Association of Greater Chicago

Education

J.D., Northwestern University School of Law; B.S., Illinois Institute of Technology