Michelle Toro

Michelle Toro is an Associate in the Houston office of Winston & Strawn LLP, focusing her practice on complex commercial and intellectual property litigation, including patent litigation. Her technical background includes a B.S. in mechanical engineering and an MBA, which informs her work across various industries. Her patent litigation experience encompasses biomedical device and software technologies, and she is also a member of the firm's Artificial Intelligence Group.

In her patent litigation practice, Ms. Toro has primarily represented defendants. Her tracked appearances include defending Toyota Motor North America Inc. and related entities in Bunker Hill Technologies LLC v. Toyota Motor North America Inc. et al.. This case, filed in the Eastern District of Texas, involves patent infringement allegations related to semiconductor and optical technologies, brought by a Patent Assertion Entity (NPE).

The litigation against Toyota is linked to related PTAB proceedings, specifically IPR2026-00250, where Toyota Motor Corporation has petitioned for review of the patent asserted by Bunker Hill Technologies LLC. This indicates her involvement in matters that include concurrent inter partes review challenges.

Ms. Toro earned her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 2023, following an MBA in 2020 and a B.S. in mechanical engineering in 2017 from the University of Texas at Dallas. She is admitted to practice in Texas.