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Provided by Katharine Burke
Intellectual Property, Patent Litigation, Trade Secrets
Katharine Burke serves as the firm's co-chair of its patent litigation department. Katharine focuses her practice on intellectual property litigation disputes, with significant experience leading and executing competitor litigation.
Katharine has deep experience across all phases of complex IP matters, including developing technical and legal strategies, managing large and cross-functional case teams, and presenting cases at trial. Her practice frequently involves coordinating parallel proceedings across multiple forums, including federal district courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission, and related foreign litigations, requiring alignment of legal strategy with business objectives.
With a background in electrical engineering, Katharine represents clients in disputes involving a wide range of technologies, including telecommunications, mobile operating systems and applications, flash memory, network protocols, and multimedia technologies, as well as significant experience in chemical manufacturing cases.
District of Columbia Bar
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
DC Legal Aid
J.D., Harvard Law School 2007
B.S.E., Princeton University 2003 (magna cum laude)
Shapiro Award
Tau Beta Pi
Provided by Chambers
Katharine Burke is co-chair of the firm's patent litigation group. She provides expert counsel to clients in the telecommunications and medical devices industries, among others.
Provided by Chambers
Katharine is incredibly intelligent on the technical side of matters and understands litigation strategy. She always thinks about the big picture and themes of a case.
Katharine Burke is brilliant and knowledgeable. She is creative in providing strategies to achieve goals.
Katharine Burke is excellent at balancing legal advice with the strategic needs of a company.
Katherine's courtroom skills are spectacular. She has a very succinct and persuasive way of arguing.
Katharine Burke is technically minded and a great communicator.
Katharine is incredibly intelligent on the technical side of matters and understands litigation strategy. She always thinks about the big picture and themes of a case.
Katharine Burke is brilliant and knowledgeable. She is creative in providing strategies to achieve goals.
Katharine Burke is excellent at balancing legal advice with the strategic needs of a company.
Katherine's courtroom skills are spectacular. She has a very succinct and persuasive way of arguing.
Katharine Burke is technically minded and a great communicator.