Dave Nelson

Practice Areas

David A. Nelson specializes in patent infringement litigation and is Co-Chair of Quinn Emanuel’s National Intellectual Property Litigation Practice. He has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and has applied his technical training to patent litigation matters involving a wide range of technologies. He has led over 150 patent litigation matters, has tried over 35 jury cases and another dozen bench trials. Over the last several years he has tried some of the largest patent matters to go to trial. He has handled matters for a range of tech companies, large and small. Over the past several years, Mr. Nelson has tried numerous patent actions in the Eastern District of Texas, the District of Delaware, the Northern District of California, the Eastern District of Virginia and the International Trade Commission. Mr. Nelson has also successfully represented defendants at trial in individual and complex products liability cases.