Michael Daniel Powell

Michael Daniel Powell is a highly experienced patent litigator and partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, specializing in high-technology and complex commercial litigation. His practice encompasses a broad range of technologies, including lithium-ion batteries, live and video-on-demand streaming, nanotechnologies, bioinformatics, health analytics, semiconductor fabrication and design, flash memory devices, computer networks, software, digital music player technology, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and mobile applications.

Powell represents both plaintiffs and defendants in patent infringement actions, demonstrating a balanced approach to patent disputes. Notable plaintiff-side representations include serving as lead counsel for Voxer, Inc. in a patent infringement action against Meta Platforms, Inc. and Instagram, LLC, which resulted in a $174.5 million jury verdict and subsequent settlement. He also acted as lead counsel for ASM International in multiple disputes, securing settlements of $61 million and $115 million, and for Ningde Amperex Technology Limited (ATL), obtaining a jury verdict of over $3.7 million. On the defense side, he has represented major corporations such as Google, IBM, STMicroelectronics, and Samsung Electronics in patent infringement matters.

Prior to joining Quinn Emanuel in 2006, where he was elevated to partner in 2012, Powell honed his skills as an intellectual property litigator in the Silicon Valley offices of Weil Gotshal & Manges and Thoits Love Hershberger & McLean. While Quinn Emanuel is recognized for its robust patent litigation practice and involvement in complex matters including PTAB proceedings, specific details of Powell's individual appearances in IPR/PGR proceedings are not explicitly detailed in publicly available sources.

Powell is admitted to The State Bar of California and practices before the U.S. District Courts for the Central, Northern, and Eastern Districts of California, and the Eastern District of Texas. He earned his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law in 1999, an M.B.A. from Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 1998, and a B.A. in Chemistry & English from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1994.