Jeffrey Nall

Jeffrey Nall

Associate

Jeff Nall is an associate in the Palo Alto office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he is a member of the litigation group. As a registered patent attorney, Jeff’s practice focuses on patent litigation and related intellectual property matters. Prior to joining the firm, Jeff was an executive technology manager, where he developed and commercialized products within the opto-electronics industry, with 25 issued patents as an inventor. He has more than 25 years of experience in guiding teams focused on product design, product strategy, and intellectual property development.

Experience

Education

J.D., Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Magna Cum Laude
M.B.A., Technology Management, Case Western Reserve University
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University

Admissions

Bar of the District of Columbia
State Bar of California
State Bar of North Carolina
State Bar of Ohio
State Bar of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Credentials

Education

J.D., Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Magna Cum Laude
M.B.A., Technology Management, Case Western Reserve University
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University

Admissions

Bar of the District of Columbia
State Bar of California
State Bar of North Carolina
State Bar of Ohio
State Bar of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Recent Insights

Client Highlights

On August 17, 2026, Gravis Robotics, a company retrofitting construction machines with autonomous technology, announced their Series A financing, with SoftBank investing $200 million in the company. The funding is the largest Series A in construction robotics history and will be used to scale autonomous machinery, bringing physical artificial intelligence (AI) directly to construction sites and embedding autonomous systems into heavy machinery fleets. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Gravis on the transaction.

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Client Highlights

On March 5, 2026, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati secured a complete jury victory in a patent invalidity trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of firm client Cyntec Company, Ltd. Rejecting defendant Chilisin’s arguments on obviousness, the jury found that all asserted claims of Cyntec’s U.S. Patent Nos. 8,922,312 and 9,481,037 were valid. Wilson Sonsini also represented Cyntec in a previous jury trial which had found that Chilisin willfully infringed both patents and imposed a 5 percent royalty.

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