Angela Colt

Angela Colt is a patent litigation attorney with a broad intellectual property practice, currently serving as a Senior Associate at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in New York. Her practice encompasses patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, and false advertising litigation in federal and state courts, as well as arbitration. Colt leverages a background in finance as a former broker and investment banker to analyze business impacts and frame legal arguments, particularly in cases involving corporate IP theft and deceptive trade practices. Prior to joining Orrick, she was an Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

Colt primarily defends corporate clients, with her tracked appearances reflecting a focus on the defendant side of litigation. She has secured significant victories for her clients, including obtaining terminating sanctions for L'Oréal in a patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation case in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Her notable engagements also include achieving a complete victory in an ICC arbitration for a Japanese printer company regarding confidential information, and securing complete victories for Desktop Metal, Inc. in an arbitration concerning comparative advertising claims and a trade secret trial related to 3D printing technology. She also helped Avaya reach a favorable settlement in a trade secret dispute.

While her individual profile doesn't detail specific PTAB/IPR appearances, Orrick's Intellectual Property practice is highly active in post-grant proceedings, having handled over 155 inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in the last five years. Given Colt's role as an IP litigator at the firm, it is likely she is involved in such matters.

Colt is admitted to practice in New York and California, as well as before the Supreme Court of the United States and various U.S. District Courts. She earned her J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law in 2012, an M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2009, and a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 2001.