James A. Milkey

James A. Milkey is a partner at the litigation boutique Russ August & Kabat, where he specializes in high-stakes intellectual property disputes. His practice focuses on patent infringement and licensing matters in a variety of technology sectors, including Wi-Fi location, machine learning, semiconductor packaging, telecommunications, and LED technology. His background includes an electrical engineering degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a law degree from Harvard Law School.

The provided case list shows an even split in Mr. Milkey's representations, with three appearances on the plaintiff side and three on the defendant side. This suggests a practice that is not exclusively tied to one side of the docket, handling cases for both patent owners and accused infringers. All tracked cases, such as Almondnet, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. and Datonics LLC v. Neustar, Inc., list his firm as Russ August & Kabat. He was also part of the trial team that secured a $278 million jury verdict for Headwater Research against Samsung in a case concerning wireless communication patents.

Mr. Milkey is a registered patent attorney with significant experience in post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). He has represented clients in numerous inter partes review (IPR) proceedings and has appeared before the PTAB on behalf of both patent owners and petitioners. Prior to joining his current firm in 2021, he was a principal at Noroozi PC and an associate at Irell & Manella LLP from 2011 to 2018. He is an active member of the State Bar of California.