Erin E. McCracken

Erin E. McCracken is a patent litigator specializing in high-stakes intellectual property disputes, with a focus on software, computer technology, and digital distribution systems. She is a partner at Berger & Hipskind LLP, a firm that concentrates on intellectual property law, including patent and copyright infringement, unfair competition, and related business torts. The firm also provides counseling on intellectual property management, procurement of patents, and technology licensing. Prior to joining Berger & Hipskind, Ms. McCracken was a partner at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.

Throughout her career, Ms. McCracken has primarily represented plaintiffs in patent litigation. Her experience includes serving as lead counsel for Atlas Global Technologies LLC in its case against Valve Corporation. While Ms. McCracken was representing Atlas Global Technologies LLC, Valve Corporation pursued a successful counter-suit against inventor Leigh Rothschild and his associated entities (which likely included Atlas Global Technologies LLC), obtaining a jury verdict in February 2026. This verdict found Rothschild and his entities liable for breach of contract and violations of Washington's Patent Troll Prevention and Consumer Protection Acts related to bad-faith patent assertions concerning cloud-based computing environment technology. Ms. McCracken is also listed as an attorney for plaintiff Velocity Communication Technologies LLC (identified as a non-practicing entity) in Velocity Communication Tech LLC v. Juniper Networks Inc. She has secured multi-million dollar verdicts for clients in other state and federal court cases.

There is no publicly available information indicating regular appearances by Ms. McCracken in PTAB or IPR proceedings.

Ms. McCracken earned her J.D. in 2006 from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, where she was awarded Order of the Coif. She is admitted to practice in California and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.