James A. Gale

Practice Areas

Jim has been practicing intellectual property law and litigation for almost 40 years, both as an outside lawyer in international law firms, and as general counsel for an international Class III medical device company. He was the inaugural chair of Florida’s IP Board Certification Program. He has appeared in over 400 federal cases in over 48 different district and circuit courts. He has handled well over 400 injunctions in state and federal courts in over 35 different states in patent, trademark, trade secret, restrictive covenant, and employee “raiding” cases. In addition to multi-million dollar jury verdicts, and defense verdicts in “bet the company” litigation, he obtained a $2.3 billion judgment against a company that misappropriated his client’s trade secret technology. Jim also teaches Trade Secret Law as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of New Hampshire, Franklin Pierce School of Law.

Career

Co-Chair, IP Litigation department. Registered patent attorney.

Professional Memberships

Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America.

Board Certified in Intellectual Property by the Florida Bar.

Appointed to the 11th Circuit Defend Trade Secrets Jury Instruction Panel.