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Jeffrey A. Lamken at MoloLamken LLP is a recognised appellate practitioner who has argued extensively across the nation and before the U.S. Supreme Court. Lamken has experience in a wide-range of areas, including; administrative law, antitrust, bankruptcy, civil rights, and IP across various sectors including energy, telecoms, education and tech. His work has set significant commercial implications.
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Jeffrey Lamken, a nationally recognized appellate practitioner, has argued 27 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and briefed dozens more on a wide range of topics, including administrative law, antitrust, bankruptcy, civil rights, criminal procedure, energy, intellectual property, searches and seizures, separation of powers, and telecommunications. He has handled matters in virtually all of the federal courts of appeals. He possesses particularly deep expertise in the specialized Federal Circuit. Mr. Lamken also develops, briefs, and argues critical motions in trial matters.
Career
Before founding MoloLamken, Mr. Lamken headed Baker Botts’ Supreme Court and Appellate Practice in Washington, D.C. Mr. Lamken served as an Assistant to the Solicitor General in the U.S. Department of Justice and was a partner in the Washington, D.C. litigation boutique Kellogg, Huber & Hansen. He clerked for the Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor of the U.S. Supreme Court and the Honorable Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Memberships
American Academy of Appellate Lawyers; Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court; Giles S. Rich Inn of Court; District of Columbia Bar; California Bar.
Education
JD, Stanford Law School, 1990 (Order of the Coif, Nathan Abbott Scholar); BA, political science, Haverford College, 1986 (magna cum laude).
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Key clients
- The Regents of the University of California, the University of Vienna and Emmanuelle Charpentier (CVC).
- Official Committee of Talc Creditors
- Modern, Inc.
- CH Lighting Technology Co., Ltd
- Elliot Electric Supply, Inc.
- Shaoxing Ruising Lighting Co, Ltd.
- Amgen Inc.
- Express Mobile, Inc.
- Nokia Corp.
- Versata Software, Inc.
- Versata Development Group, Inc.
- VLSI Technology LLC
Work highlights
Represented clients in Federal Circuit Appeal concerning groundbreaking invention within editing genes reversing an earlier decision to award a patent in favour of the clients.
Represented the Official Committee of Talc Creditors (TCC) in the Third Circuit challenging two bankruptcy petitions filed by Johnson & Johnson.
Represented VLSI Technology LLC in the Federal Circuit in multiple related appeals. The firm represented the client in defending its $2.1 billion judgement for infringement of the clients patents. The firm also represents the client in ongoing appeals of PTAB inter partes review (IPR) decisions finding their patents unpatentable.