Lauren M. Douville

Lauren M. Douville is a first-chair patent litigator and a Partner in the Kansas City office of Shook, Hardy & Bacon. Her practice covers a broad range of technologies, including telecommunications, networking, gaming, consumer electronics, medical devices, and software. She was promoted to partner effective March 1, 2020.

While the provided case list shows a defense-side appearance for Valve Corporation, Douville’s broader practice includes significant work for both plaintiffs and defendants. Her firm biography highlights her role in securing over $1 billion in verdicts and settlements for patent holders, alongside her work defending market-leading companies. She has also successfully represented clients in proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

Douville’s notable plaintiff-side results include serving as trial counsel for Sprint Communications in a case against Time Warner Cable that resulted in a $139.8 million willful infringement verdict, and for Touchstream Technologies in a case that yielded a $339 million verdict against Google LLC. On the defense side, she has secured walk-away dismissals for clients including Medtronic and won summary judgment of non-infringement for Activision in a case related to 3D rendering technology.

Douville earned her J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 2012 and a B.A. in Biology from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. She is admitted to the Missouri bar.