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Litigation Star
Gerald (Jerry) Ivey has extensive experience in the areas of civil litigation and trial advocacy. He concentrates his practice primarily on jury trial patent cases involving Internet, computer software and hardware issues, biotechnology, medical devices, and mechanical products. He has tried more than 75 cases to juries in federal and state courts and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
Jerry has acted as lead trial counsel in jury cases involving computer software; optical character recognition technology; parental controls; hardware and software boot-up security; graphic user interface technologies; VOIP technologies; automated key duplication machinery; cases involving self-balancing vehicles; wind and jet engine turbines; cases for biomechanical devices including cardiovascular stents; diagnostic test kits; and pharmaceutical products, such as glaucoma, arthritis, and autoimmune medications.
Jerry serves as co-director and lecturer at the University of Virginia Law School Trial Advocacy Institute. He has been an adjunct professor instructing third-year law students in trial advocacy at the George Washington University Law School since 1993 and an instructor at the George Washington University Law School/D.C. Bar Association College of Trial Advocacy. Jerry has been an instructor for various trial advocacy programs sponsored by the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL). He has also lectured at various American Bar Association (ABA), Practicing Law Institute (PLI), and Defense Research Institute (DRI) programs.
Jerry has been recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. for patent litigation and voted by his peers for inclusion in the Top IP Lawyers by Washingtonian Magazine. He received the Honorable William J. Brennan, Jr. Award for Outstanding Trial Advocacy Skills.
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Updated Sep 2023