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Robert Mark Halligan
also known as R. Mark Halligan
About Robert
Biography
I am a jury trial lawyer with outstanding litigation and trial teams staffed for emergency matters and major national cases at FisherBroyles, LLP. We accept and utilize alternative fee arrangements.
My litigation and trial experience over many years is cutting-edge, diversified and encompasses all aspects of intellectual property litigation: patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and antitrust, licensing, economic and cyber-espionage. Co-counsel and local counsel arrangements work well in addition to lead trial counsel assignments. Strategic counseling also plays a big role in my day-to-day practice.
My goal is to provide top-tier legal services at lower costs with project management budgets, litigation support outsourcing, and elimination of wasteful overhead. The FisherBroyles Law Firm 2.0® business model allows FisherBroyles to produce high quality work product, deliver it faster and more efficiently, and offer rates that are logical, predictable, and flexible.
I am the General Editor of the Illinois Institute Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) Intellectual Property Law Handbook; I serve on the Adjunct Faculty of John Marshall Law School where I teach Advanced Trade Secrets Law; I am a Past President of the Intellectual Property Association of Chicago (IPLAC).
I am recognized as a "go-to" intellectual property lawyer by CHAMBERS, LEGAL 500, BEST LAWYERS, SUPER LAWYERS and LEADING LAWYERS. Managing Intellectual Property magazine has selected me as an "IP STAR".
Practice Areas
4
Practice Areas
Intellectual Property
40%
41 years | 300 cases
Antitrust and Trade Law
10%
11 years
Fees and Rates
Cost
Payment Methods
- Cash
- Check
- Credit Card
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Chat withLicenses
Licensed in Illinois for 36 years
State: Illinois
Acquired: 1989
No misconduct found
Licensed in Ohio for 47 years
State: Ohio
Acquired: 1978
No misconduct found
Location
FisherBroyles, LLP
203 N La Salle St, Suite 2100, Chicago, IL, 60601-1226
FisherBroyles, LLP
34 West Chicago Avenue Suite B, Naperville, IL, 60540
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Experience
Honors
2018
Innovation Award, Trade Secret Examiner
2017
America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Intellectual Property, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business
2017
Leading Lawyer in Trade Secrets Litigation, Legal 500 United States
2017
The Best Lawyers in America Litigation – Intellectual Property, The Best Lawyers in America Litigation – Intellectual Property
2017
SuperLawyer--R. MARK HALLIGAN, Thompson Reuters
2017
Leading Lawyer, Law Bulletin Publishing Company
2013
The World’s Leading IP Strategists, IAM Strategy 300
2011
The World’s Leading IP Strategists, IAM Strategy 250
Work Experience
2014 - Present
Partner Chicago Litigation, FisherBroyles, LLP
Associations
2017 - 2018
Intellectual Property Law Association of ChicagoVice-Chair Trade Secrets Committee
2012 - 2014
US Group of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual PropertySteering Committee
2012 - 2015
Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriete IntellectuelleU.S. Representative, AIPPI Nominating Committee
2012 - 2014
American Intellectual Property Law AssociationSteering Committee, AIPLA-US Division of AIPLA
2010 - 2012
Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété IntellectuelleVice President
2010 - 2011
American Bar AssociationABA IPL Annual Review Board Contributing Author
2005 - 2009
American Bar AssociationChair ABA IPL Section 410 Trade Secrets
2003 - 2005
ABA Intellectual Property Law Section, Committee No. 408 Small BusinessChair
2002 - 2003
American Bar AssociationChair ABA IPL Committee 459 IP Assets
2001 - 2002
Intellectual Property Law Association of ChicagoPresident
Education
1978
Northwestern University School of Law
Juris Doctor
1975
University of Cincinnati
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2017
University of Missouri Center for Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship March 10, 2017
Implementing and Evaluating the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA)
2017
LES Wisconsin University Club of Milwaukee May 3, 2017
Protection of U.S. Trade Secret Assets: Critical Amendments to the Economic Espionage Act
2017
LES Madison Wisconsin April 27, 2017
Protection of U.S. Trade Secret Assets: Update on the Defend Trade Secrets Act
2017
IPO 2017 Damages & Injunctions Committee Conference, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago, IL June 7, 2017
Recent Developments in DTSA Damages and Injunctions
2017
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) 2017 Trade Secret Law Summit March 2-3, 2017
Trade Secrets: EEA/DTSA and RICO Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
2017
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AILPA) Spring Meeting May 19, 2017
Recent Developments in Trade Secret Law: Mid-Year Review
2017
2017 Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) Annual Conference Denver, Colorado April 5, 2017
Social Media, Privacy and Trade Secrets
2016
Practicing Law Institute (PLI) New York, NY September 26, 2016
Trade Secrets: What Every Attorney Should Know
2016
IP Dealmakers Forum 2016 New York, New York November 17-18, 2016
Trade Secrets: What IP Investors Need to Know
Publications
2018
2017
Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
Intellectual Property Law Handbook General Editor and Contributor
2016
ISBN 978-0-9970709-0-3 Available on Amazon 270 Pages
Trade Secret Asset Management: A Guided to Information Asset Management
2016
Wolters Kluwer publication
The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 Handbook
2014
Managing Intellectual Property: IP STARS; The Definitive Guide to Leading IP Firms and Lawyers
Trade Secrets: The Untapped Asset in the New Economy
2013
LANDSLIDE Magazine, American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law, (ABA-IPL) Volume 6 No. 1
Protecting U.S. Trade Secret Assets
2012
BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, 83 PTCJ 312
Defensive ESI Strategies in Trade Secret Misappropriation Litigation
2012
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
Sabermetrics Sees Recent Scrutiny: Best-Selling Book, New Movie Show How MLB Business Relies on Protection of Trade Secrets.
2011
The Chicago Lawyer
Reflection on a Trade Secret Career
2011
Oxford University Press
Trademark Surveys: A Litigator's Guide
2011
Illinois Business Law Journal
Intellectual Property Rights” (Chapter 7)
2005
Thomson Reuters
Intellectual Property Due Diligence in Corporate Transactions: Chapter 11 Trade Secret Audits
2004
Illinois Bar Journal
The Brave New World of Electronic Evidence Discovery
Languages
English