RJ Zayed

White-Collar Crime; Government Enforcement & Corporate Investigations; Anti-Corruption Group; Antitrust & Competition Law; Appellate; Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation; Banking & Financial Institutions; Technology

RJ Zayed has tried over 60 cases to jury verdict in federal court as lead trial counsel. These include both civil and criminal cases involving patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, bank, computer and healthcare fraud, false claims, bribery, public corruption and environmental violations. RJ has handled hundreds of hearings including bench trials, preliminary injunctions, suppression and sentencing evidentiary hearings, summary judgment and other dispositive hearings and appeals. He has submitted and argued as lead counsel in over 40 criminal and civil appeals before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Federal Circuits and the Illinois and Minnesota Appellate Courts.

RJ’s government enforcement and corporate investigations practice focuses on counseling, compliance, internal investigations, and defense of government enforcement actions and investigations.

RJ’s intellectual Property practice focuses on patent and trade secret counseling and litigation and USPTO post grant reviews and re-examinations.

Education:

- University of Illinois (J.D., 1989), summa cum laude; Order of the Coif; Notes and Comments Editor

- Illinois Institute of Technology (B.S.E.E., 1979), Computer Science Minor