Lisa S. Glasser

Lisa S. Glasser is a distinguished patent litigator and partner at Irell & Manella LLP, where she also serves as a member of the firm's Executive and Management Committees and as vice chair of its litigation practice group. Her practice focuses on high-stakes patent infringement, licensing, and other complex technology disputes. She has extensive experience across a broad range of high-technology and life sciences areas, including semiconductors, consumer electronics, medical devices, genetic testing, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, imaging, and computer science applications.

While her firm profile indicates she represents both plaintiffs and defendants, her notable patent litigation results primarily feature plaintiff-side victories. In patent matters, she has acted as lead counsel for plaintiffs in significant cases such as Qomplx LLC v. Microsoft Corporation and served as of counsel in NantWorks, LLC et al. v. Niantic, Inc..

Glasser has been instrumental in securing numerous substantial verdicts and settlements. She co-led teams that obtained a $240 million damages award for StreamScale in a patent infringement case concerning erasure coding, and a $303 million damages award for Netlist against Samsung for patent infringement. Other significant victories include a $948 million jury award for VLSI Technology against Intel for microprocessor technology patents, a $218.45 million verdict against a bank in a patent infringement case, a $400 million verdict for KAIST IP against Samsung, and a $191 million verdict for Pictiva. Her firm's IP litigation practice also has experience in post-issuance proceedings, including PTAB and ITC proceedings.

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 2002, Glasser is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Central, Northern, and Southern Districts of California, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Federal Circuits. She earned her B.A. in Economics, summa cum laude, from the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, in 1999. She notably clerked for the Hon. Cynthia Holcomb Hall at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.