Bryan Hales

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Bryan Hales is an experienced first-chair trial lawyer with a focus on high-stakes patent and trade secret litigation. He has won jury trials, bench trials and arbitrations first chair, and has frequently been brought in as lead trial counsel weeks before trial. Bryan has represented companies of all sizes – from renowned individual inventors and leading startups to prominent global companies – in their most important matters. While Bryan has a heavy slate of pharmaceutical, life sciences, and medical device litigation and has tried numerous cases over multi-billion-dollar drugs and orthopaedic implants, he has also litigated and tried cases across various technologies including telecommunications, software, optical networking, 3-D technology, material compositions, and automotive components. He has tried cases in various forums, including the International Trade Commission, district courts across the U.S. and arbitration proceedings. Given the global nature of Bryan’s clients, he often coordinates overall global strategy on multi-jurisdictional worldwide disputes. In each year since 2015, Bryan has been listed in the IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals for Litigation. He is also recognized in Patent Litigation: Full Coverage in the 2018, 2021 and 2022 editions of The Legal 500 United States.

Bryan also represents veterans and otherwise unrepresented defendants in pro bono matters.

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University of Michigan Law School, J.D., cum laude, Order of the Coif; Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, B.S., magna cum laude