James John Lomeo

Specialty / Practice Focus. James John Lomeo is an intellectual property litigation partner in the Austin office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he has spent his entire patent career (associate in the D.C. office before relocating; promoted to partner effective October 1, 2024, per Kirkland's partner announcement). His Kirkland bio identifies a computer science background and litigation experience spanning cloud computing, chip design, medical devices, mobile devices, wastewater treatment, razor blade coatings, and oil-and-gas technologies including subsea drilling and drill bits. Before joining the Austin office he clerked for Judge J. Rodney Gilstrap in the Eastern District of Texas, and his practice centers on Texas federal courts, with additional experience before the ITC and PTAB.

Side Preference and Notable Matters. All of Lomeo's tracked appearances (2 of 2) are defendant-side representations at Kirkland & Ellis, and that defense orientation is consistent with his web-searchable work. He served as lead and local counsel for defendant Genius Sports Ltd. in SportsCastr Inc. v. Genius Sports Ltd., No. 2:23-cv-471-JRG (E.D. Tex.), a patent dispute over sports-video streaming and augmentation technology. He was also part of the Kirkland team, recognized as American Lawyer Litigation Daily "Litigator of the Week" runners-up (Oct. 2025), that won summary judgment for Halliburton, Ulterra and related entities against National Oilwell Varco in Grant Prideco, Inc. v. Schlumberger Technology Corp., No. 4:23-cv-00730 (S.D. Tex.), where Judge Andrew Hanen held NOV could not collect post-expiration royalties on expired drill-bit patents under Brulotte. More recently, Reuters reported Lomeo (with Jeanne Heffernan) representing Caterpillar in its Texas counterclaims against Doosan Bobcat over construction-machinery patents — work that, while defensive in origin, shows some affirmative assertion activity outside the tracked appearances.

PTAB / IPR Experience. Lomeo appears regularly in PTAB proceedings. In the SportsCastr matter he signed Genius Sports' Sotera stipulations tied to six related IPR petitions (IPR2024-01305 through -01311), and Kirkland filings show continued IPR work in that dispute (e.g., IPR2025-00252). Earlier, while in Kirkland's D.C. office, he served as backup counsel for patent owner iRobot in SharkNinja Operating LLC v. iRobot Corp. (IPR2020-00734). His firm bio confirms PTAB practice, giving him both petitioner- and patent-owner-side experience.

Bar / Education. Admitted in Texas (2020) and the District of Columbia (2018); B.S. in computer science from Southern Methodist University (magna cum laude, 2015) and J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center (cum laude, 2018). (Note: he shares a name with an unrelated Monroeville, Pennsylvania attorney; all facts above are from the Kirkland & Ellis Austin profile, court and PTAB filings, and Reuters.)