Stephen Smith
`Partner
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`Washington, DC Office
`1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
`Suite 700
`Washington, DC 20004
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`t: +1 703 456 8035
`f: +1 703 456 8100
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`stephen.smith@cooley.com
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`Intellectual Property Litigation
`ITC Section 337 Litigation
`Life Sciences IP Litigation
`Intellectual Property
`Appellate
`Commercial Litigation
`Trials
`Life Sciences
`Medtech
`Semiconductor
`Software
`Technology
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`Stephen Smith is the chair of Cooley's intellectual property litigation practice. He brings 20+ years of first
`chair trial experience as a private practice and government litigator. Steve is an adjunct professor at
`George Mason University, where he teaches a course on patent law.
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`Steve has tried more than a dozen high-profile, complex disputes to verdict in a diverse range of
`industries. His expertise focuses on intellectual property litigation, including Section 337 investigations at
`the US International Trade Commission (ITC). Steve has acted as trial counsel in a number of district
`court patent infringement litigations, including a recent success for a leading consumer electronics
`company in a Northern District of California jury trial. His trial experience also includes favorable
`outcomes in the Eastern District of Texas, the Northern District of Illinois, and the Eastern District of
`Virginia.
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`Since joining Cooley in 2011, Steve has helped position Cooley as having one of the most sought out ITC
`Section 337 investigation practices in the country as was highlighted by Corporate Counsel's Section
`337 Litigation survey. Prior to his private practice at the firm, Steve served as a senior investigative
`attorney with the ITC. During his time at the ITC, he was lead government counsel in numerous high-
`stakes trials impacting hundreds of millions of dollars of commerce.
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`Managing Intellectual Property has named Steve an IP Star for the past four years, earning the top
`ranking for his patent litigation work. Additionally, Legal 500 also praised his ITC Section 337 litigation
`experience.
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`Upon graduating from law school, Steve clerked for Justice Florence K. Murray of the Rhode Island
`Supreme Court, followed by a clerkship for Judge Robert W. Lovegreen of the US District Court, District of
`Rhode Island.
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`Steve is currently a member of the Executive Board for the ITC Trial Lawyers Association.
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`Education
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`George Washington University Law School
`JD, 1994, cum laude
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`DISH's Exhibit No. 1056
`IPR2016-01470
`Page 1
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`Villanova University
`BA, 1991, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
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`Bar Admissions
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`District of Columbia
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`Massachusetts
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`Rhode Island
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`Virginia
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`Court Admissions
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`U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
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`U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
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`U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
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`U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
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`U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
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`U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
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`U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island
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`Memberships
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`International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association
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`DISH's Exhibit No. 1056
`IPR2016-01470
`Page 2
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