Jamie Underwood

Practice Areas

Jamie Underwood co-heads Latham’s Chambers Band 1-ranked International Trade Commission (ITC) Practice and helps innovative companies effect their global IP litigation strategies.

Ms. Underwood uses her first chair experience to resolve Section 337 disputes before the ITC, Customs, and the Federal Circuit for clients around the world. Before joining Latham, she led another multinational law firm’s Chambers-ranked Section 337 practice.

To achieve business-driven results, Ms. Underwood draws on her experience handling more than 65 ITC actions that have covered a wide range of products and industries. Reflecting her deep knowledge in this unique area of law, Ms. Underwood has been qualified as an expert in Section 337-related arbitration proceedings.

Complementing her ITC work, Ms. Underwood litigates IP, antitrust, and complex commercial matters in federal trial and appellate courts. She also advises entities on patent and trade policy issues before Congress, federal agencies, and the Administration.

Ms. Underwood is part of Latham’s AI Task Force, regular faculty for associate trial training, and a former Vice Chair of the firm’s DC Women Enriching Business Committee. She has donated her time through pro bono representations before District Court and the United States Supreme Court. She also is a Board Member for DC Appleseed.

Prior to private practice, Ms. Underwood clerked at the US Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and DC Superior Court. She also worked at the DC US Attorney’s Office, with the War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and as a Dean’s Fellow researching a book on constitutional courts of Central and Eastern Europe. Ms. Underwood has lived in Austria, Germany, and Hungary, which included time at Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien and the Hungarian Parliament.

Thought Leadership

Ms. Underwood speaks and writes frequently on ITC, IP, and trade topics, including contributions to A Lawyer’s Guide to Section 337 Investigations Before the US International Trade Commission. She has taught Section 337 law at Georgetown University, Catholic University, and University of Baltimore. For several years, she participated on the global stage as an NGO delegate at multiple World Trade Organization Ministerial Conferences.

Ms. Underwood currently co-chairs the Legislative Committee for the ITC Trial Lawyers Association and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. She previously served as President and Board member of the Federal Circuit Bar Association and a Vice Chair of the IPO's ITC Committee.