Jeffrey A. Lamken

Jeffrey A. Lamken is a founding partner of MoloLamken LLP and a nationally recognized appellate litigator with a significant focus on intellectual property. His patent practice centers on representing clients in high-stakes appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. His work covers diverse fields, with a notable emphasis on the technology and pharmaceutical sectors. Before co-founding his current firm, Lamken headed the Supreme Court and Appellate Practice at Baker Botts LLP, was a partner at Kellogg, Huber & Hansen, and served as an Assistant to the Solicitor General in the U.S. Department of Justice.

Based on available case data, Mr. Lamken frequently represents patent owners at the appellate stage. His one tracked case, Multimedia Technologies Pte Ltd v. LG Electronics Inc, involved representing the plaintiff as lead appellate counsel. He has argued more than two dozen cases before the Supreme Court, including the landmark patent case United States v. Arthrex, Inc., which addressed the constitutional authority of administrative patent judges at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Other notable patent matters include securing a writ of mandamus from the Federal Circuit for patent owner Stingray IP Solutions, reversing a district court's transfer order.

Mr. Lamken has substantial experience handling appeals from the PTAB. His work in both the Arthrex and Multimedia Technologies cases, for instance, involved appeals originating from PTAB proceedings. He clerked for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor of the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He earned his J.D. from Stanford Law School and his B.A. from Haverford College.