Michael J O'Connor

I am an attorney in Quinn Emanuel's Washington, DC office. I joined the firm in 2012. Prior to joining the firm, I clerked for the Hon. D. Brooks Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and worked for several years at another major international law firm. My practice includes intellectual property litigation, securities litigation, and antitrust litigation. I have dual degrees in Computer Science and Biology from Penn State University. I have used my technical training in patent cases involving semiconductor design, systems programming, and mobile device architecture. I have worked on multiple cases at the intersection of patent and antitrust law, focusing particularly on reverse-payment settlements in the context of Hatch-Waxman pharmaceutical litigation. I have represented clients in cases before federal courts throughout the country, as well as before the International Trade Commission.