LARRY L. SHATZER
LARRY L. SHATZERPartner
IP Litigation
Intellectual Property
Litigation
Larry L. Shatzer is an intellectual property litigation partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. With more than 20 years of experience litigating complex intellectual property matters, Larry specializes in patent litigation and has held numerous first-chair trial roles in cases before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and in federal district court. He has more than two dozen Section 337 ITC investigations to his credit, and his expertise encompasses a broad array of technology sectors, including biotechnology, chemicals, semiconductors, telecommunications, and mechanical systems. Larry has also argued several appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Larry is a past president of the ITC Trial Lawyers Association and has served on the organization's Executive Committee since 1995. He is currently a member of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's Policy Committee.
Prior to joining the firm, Larry was the firm-wide chair of the IP litigation practice at Foley & Lardner in Washington, D.C. Earlier in his career, he practiced at Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg.
EDUCATION:
- J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1987
Cum Laude - B.A., Lipscomb University, 1984
Magna Cum Laude
- Member, Executive Committee, International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association
- Selected for inclusion in the 2013 edition of Washington DC Super Lawyers
- "Stretching Your IP Litigation Dollar," IP Law360, March 10, 2009
- "eDiscovery, Experts and Evidence: Practice Pointers for the 337 Practitioner," American Conference Institute, Washington, D.C., February 26, 2013
- Co-chair, "Managing Complex ITC Litigation," American Conference Institute, San Francisco, California, October 29-30, 2012
- "Assessing the Strength of the Patent and Claims: A Strategic Dissection of Successful Theories Behind ITC Cases," American Conference Institute, Washington, D.C., February 27, 2012
- Instructor, Advanced Masters Class: "Meeting the Demands of ITC Discovery Practice: Litigation Strategies for Effectively Managing the Process," American Conference Institute, New York, New York, February 25, 2011
- "Discovery in ITC Section 337 Investigations – The Familiar at Hyperspeed," American Intellectual Property Law Association Spring Meeting, Houston, Texas, May 15, 2008
- Bar of the District of Columbia
- State Bar of Tennessee
