Michael Strapp

Specialty / Focus. Michael G. Strapp is a Boston-based trial partner whose practice is built around high-stakes patent litigation, with a particular concentration in computer software and electronics disputes (his DLA Piper bio also notes work for technology, telecommunications, e-commerce, semiconductor, and medical-device companies). He has roughly 25 years of experience and has handled more than 120 district-court and ITC matters, serving as first-chair in California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada, Texas, Utah, and Virginia, and arguing before the Federal Circuit. His broader practice also covers trade secret, trademark, and copyright litigation.

Side preference / firm context. Strapp's practice is predominantly defense-side: he represents operating companies resisting patent-assertion-entity (NPE) suits, and his tracked appearance in VDPP, LLC v. Best Western International, Inc. (D. Ariz.) is as pro hac vice counsel for the defendant. His client roster — Citrix, Fidelity, Costco, Home Depot, Grandstream Networks, Wrike, CallMiner, and Best Western — reflects that orientation. He has been a partner at DLA Piper LLP (US) since joining the firm in 2016 from Goodwin Procter, where he was in the IP litigation group; he also has plaintiff-side experience (e.g., for ePlus, Veracode, and MIT).

Notable cases / PTAB–IPR. His most prominent result is ePlus, Inc. v. Lawson Software, where he obtained a jury verdict of infringement and a permanent injunction that survived multiple Federal Circuit appeals. He also secured a willful-infringement verdict and injunction for Veracode, and he currently appears in the VDPP NPE campaign (including matters against Best Western, Home Depot, and Costar) — the Best Western suit was voluntarily dismissed by VDPP in April 2026, a common NPE exit. Strapp has verifiable PTAB experience: he sought pro hac vice admission in IPR2020-00616 as patent-owner counsel for CallMiner, and his firm bio lists patent post-grant proceedings for both CallMiner and Citrix. He co-authored NPE Litigation: A Tactical Guide for Practitioners.

Bar / education. Admitted in Massachusetts (2003) and New York, plus the Federal Circuit, Ninth Circuit, and multiple district courts; J.D., Harvard Law School (2002); B.A., Columbia University (1999), magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Sources: DLA Piper firm bio, Law360 attorney profile, Justia/PacerMonitor dockets, and the IPR2020-00616 record.