James F. Valentine Partner

Jim Valentine is a partner in the firm's Patent Litigation practice. He represents corporate clients and universities in intellectual property litigation, including patent infringement actions and trade secret misappropriation actions. Jim has practiced before the federal district courts, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the International Trade Commission, the California Superior Courts, and the California Courts of Appeal. He has worked in a broad range of technologies, including magnetic resonance imaging, microprocessors, semiconductor memories, chipsets, semiconductor fabrication processes, relational database software, data storage and wireless communications. Jim's technical background is in electrical engineering and computer science. For four years prior to law school, he worked as an electrical engineer for Hughes Aircraft Company Space and Communications Group. He has been recognized as a "Northern California Super Lawyer" for the past several years.