Brittany Amadi

Brittany Amadi is a patent litigation attorney at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (WilmerHale), where she focuses on intellectual property disputes at both the trial and appellate stages. Her practice encompasses a diverse range of technology areas, drawing on her background as a mechanical engineer at the Naval Research Laboratory. She has handled patent litigation for clients across various industries, including financial services, computer software, medical devices, defense, semiconductors, and pharmaceuticals.

Ms. Amadi primarily represents defendants, as evidenced by her single tracked appearance defending Apple Inc. in HBCU Messaging US LP v. Apple, Inc. et al. Her notable defense work includes securing a jury verdict of non-infringement for Intel Corp. in a significant patent infringement suit and achieving a Federal Circuit affirmation of a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision that invalidated VirnetX patents against Apple, leading to the vacatur of a $500 million district court judgment. She possesses extensive trial experience, including several jury trials in federal district courts, and has appeared in over 15 appeals before the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Her experience extends to post-grant review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. In the ongoing HBCU Messaging litigation, Ms. Amadi's client, Apple Inc., has initiated IPR proceedings against patents asserted by HBCU Messaging US LP, with at least one IPR (IPR2025-01493) resulting in a discretionary denial of institution by the PTAB in February 2026. Ms. Amadi earned her JD cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2010 and holds a BS summa cum laude in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland (2006). She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Virginia, as well as before the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.