Robin McGrath

is a first chair litigator with twenty four years of experience litigating patent and trademark disputes on behalf of some of the most well-known corporations. Robin is a partner in Duane Morris's Intellectual Property Practice Group and represents clients across a wide number of industries. She also serves as a team lead for the firm’s Fintech industry group, as she has represented many of the country’s largest Fintech companies in high stakes patent litigation. Robin has extensive courtroom experience and has secured many jury verdicts in patent and trademark infringement cases on behalf of her clients. She regularly appears before the Federal Circuit and has been recognized as a top 50 Woman Lawyer in Georgia and was selected as the 2019 Lawyer of the Year in Atlanta for Patent Litigation and the 2017 Lawyer of the Year in Atlanta for Intellectual Property Litigation. Robin approaches all of her cases with unparalleled enthusiasm and has made it her personal mission to kill bad patents. Opponents have commented on her wicked cross examination and her penchant for eliciting admissions through skillful use of documents and deposition testimony.

Robin is a 1995 graduate of the University of Florida, Levin College of Law, where she was managing editor of the Law Review, and a 1989 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.

Resume

Experience

•Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2017-present
•Paul Hastings
- Partner, 2011-2017
•Alston & Bird
- Partner, 2002-2011
- Associate, 1995-2002
•Ford Motor Company
- Parts and Service Zone Manager, 1989-1992

Honors and Awards

•Listed in IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Professionals, 2018-2019

•Listed in Georgia Super Lawyers, 2009-2019

•Named a Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in America in the area of Patent Litigation, 2019

•Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2006-2020

•Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, 2017-2020

•Named to the National Law Journal’s list of Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and FinTech Trailblazers, 2018

•Listed as a Patent and Trademark Star in Managing Intellectual Property's IP Stars, 2017-2020

•AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Publications and Speaking Engagements

Selected Publications

•Author, “How Fed. Circ. Missed The Intent Behind CBM,” Two-Part Series, IP Law 360, August 2017

•Author, Supreme Court Draws Crucial Distinction In Landmark Patent Exhaustion Decision, The Intellectual Property Strategist, July 2017
•Co-author, The Supreme Court's Decision in CLS Gives More Clarity to Patent Eligibility, Paul Hastings Client Alert, June 23, 2014
•Co-author, Supreme Court Reverses Induced Infringement Standard Articulated By Federal Circuit, Paul Hastings Client Alert, June 4, 2014

Selected Speaking Engagements

•Moderator, Attracting and Retaining Female Talent in the Financial Services Industry: Achieving Worker Happiness and a Desired Level of Work-Life Balance, Women Leaders in Financial Services Law and Compliance, New York City, September 17, 2019

•Speaker, Overview Of Legal Issues Facing the Fintech Industry, Duane Morris Annual Alumni CLE, Philadelphia, October 25, 2018

•Speaker, Fintech 101, State Bar of Georgia, Seminar, April 11, 2018

•Speaker, Helping Fintech Companies Compete in the United States, Duane Morris LLP, Webinar, November 16, 2017
•Speaker, Operating Company vs Operating Company Litigation: A Proactive Defense, The IP Defense Summit: Atlanta, September 26, 2017