Drew Hollander

I'll research this attorney before writing the summary.

Let me disambiguate between the McKool Smith attorney and the B.C. Law Group bio, and gather more detail.

Drew B. Hollander — Patent Litigation Summary

Focus areas. Hollander's docketed patent work centers on wireless and consumer-electronics standards technology. His most visible matter, Wi-LAN Inc. v. Apple Inc. (S.D. Cal.), involved patents covering voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) wireless communication used in iPhone models. His broader portfolio of asserted-patent matters — as described in his own firm biography and docket filings — covers wireless charging (Scramoge), NFC and secure digital transaction technology (Aire), wireless communication and secure subsystem technology (Speir), building-automation wireless communication (Ollnova), camera/digital image processing (Clear Imaging), computer networking (Lionra), and NAND flash memory (Sonrai). The one software matter in the Law360 record, BMC Software, Inc. v. Cherwell Software, LLC (D. Colo.), is an operating-company dispute rather than a standards case.

Side preference. He is an asserting-side litigator. The tracked data here shows one appearance, plaintiff side, zero defendant side, and the Law360 profile returns only patent cases filed on the plaintiff/patent-owner side. His client roster — Wi-LAN, Clear Imaging, Scramoge, Aire, Speir, Ollnova, Lionra, Sonrai, and more recently Tir Technologies — consists largely of licensing and patent-assertion entities, with BMC Software the notable operating-company plaintiff. I found no verifiable record of him defending an infringement suit.

Firm context. The tracked appearance lists McKool Smith as the firm. Web records show he was a McKool Smith associate in New York (firm letterhead in 2017 filings; named on trial teams in 2018 and 2020) and that, per a September 7, 2022 notice of change of firm affiliation filed in Aire Technology Ltd. v. Apple Inc. (W.D. Tex.), he moved to BC Law Group, P.C. in New York, where his bio now lists him as a founding partner. One caveat: a third-party directory listing still shows him at McKool Smith, and a March 2026 pro hac vice order in Tir Technologies Ltd. v. Netflix, Inc. (D. Del.) lists him alongside McKool Smith attorneys Brett Cooper, Seth Hasenour, Jonathan Yim, and John Petrsoric — so either he retains a McKool Smith affiliation, or the two firms are co-counseling. Current firm status is not cleanly sourced.

Notable results. The standout matter is Wi-LAN v. Apple (No. 3:14-cv-02235, S.D. Cal.), where McKool Smith obtained a $145.1 million jury verdict in August 2018 on two VoLTE patents; after the damages award was retried, a second jury returned $85.23 million in January 2020. Hollander is named on both trial teams and is credited in his firm bio as counsel. His bio also claims a role on the trial team that won an $11.5 million verdict for Ollnova against ecobee (E.D. Tex.) on building-automation wireless patents. I did not independently verify post-trial or appellate outcomes in these cases.

PTAB / IPR. No verifiable record of Hollander appearing as counsel of record in IPR, PGR, or CBM proceedings surfaced in this search. That is a gap rather than a negative, since the patents and clients involved in his practice are commonly the subject of PTAB challenges, but absent a confirmed appearance I would not describe him as a regular PTAB practitioner without further docket review.

Bar / education. J.D., University of Virginia School of Law (2014), where he was on the Virginia Law and Business Review editorial board; B.S., University of Wisconsin–Madison (2011); former law clerk to Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks (S.D. Fla.); admitted in New York (2015) and to several district courts, including S.D.N.Y., E.D.N.Y., E.D. Tex., W.D. Tex., E.D. Mich., and D. Colo., plus the Second Circuit.