Hannah E. Dawson

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Let me verify her firm history, bar admission, and the outcome of her tracked case.

Hannah E. Dawson — patent litigation summary

Focus areas. Dawson's tracked patent work is concentrated in computer and network technologies: data security, encryption and cloud storage (Security First Innovations, LLC v. Google LLC, concerning the Google Cloud service), satellite and aerospace communications (SanDisk Technologies v. Viasat, N.D. Cal.), and telecom/consumer electronics (Huawei Technologies v. Verizon, E.D. Tex.; her declared practice description covers patent, trademark and trade-secret matters). Nothing in the public record indicates Wi-Fi-standard, pharmaceutical or mechanical-device experience, and none should be assumed.

Side of the "v." The tracked data is entirely defense-side (0 plaintiff / 1 defendant), and the verified dockets are consistent with that: Google in Security First Innovations, Viasat in SanDisk v. Viasat, and — per Quinn Emanuel's docket appearances in the E.D. Tex. matter — the Verizon side of the Huawei dispute. She has no tracked plaintiff-side patent work; there is no evidence she prosecutes for NPEs/PAEs. Separately, she has since moved to Dovel & Luner, a contingency plaintiffs' firm, where she works on plaintiff-side consumer class actions rather than patent monetization.

Firm context. All of her tracked patent appearances were at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, where she sat in the Boston office (111 Huntington Ave.) and was identified in court filings as an associate. Quinn Emanuel's own team page and an S.D.N.Y./Supreme Court filing listing her as pro hac vice counsel indicate she is now at Dovel & Luner (Santa Monica). Some directory listings describe her as a partner, which conflicts with the contemporaneous "associate" designation in the SanDisk v. Viasat fee declaration; treat the title as unsettled.

Notable matters and PTAB. Her most prominent tracked case is Security First Innovations v. Google (E.D. Va. No. 2:23-cv-97), where she is listed as trial counsel for Google. Google defeated SFI's motion practice on the pleadings (motion to dismiss denied Nov. 2023), and the case was stayed pending IPRs; the Board invalidated the asserted '116 patent claims in IPR2024-00212 (final written decision May 16, 2025), Director Review was denied in July 2025, and both sides noticed Federal Circuit appeals in August–September 2025. Those IPRs were litigated by other counsel, and I found no record of Dawson appearing in IPR/PGR proceedings herself. She also logged substantial hours defending Viasat in SanDisk v. Viasat (depositions, briefing, damages and standing analysis) and is listed among Quinn Emanuel counsel in Knauf Insulation v. Johns Manville (S.D. Ind.); her side in the latter is not verified from the sources reviewed.

Bar / education. Admitted in Massachusetts (2021); Harvard Law School, J.D. cum laude (2020); University of Prince Edward Island, B.B.A. (2017).