Mikaella Evaristo

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Mikaella Evaristo — Troutman Pepper Locke (New York)

Specialty / focus. Evaristo's practice is IP litigation with an emphasis on patent litigation in federal district courts and Section 337 investigations at the U.S. International Trade Commission. Her firm biography lists experience across pharmaceuticals (including Hatch-Waxman), renewable energy technology, semiconductors, consumer electronics, and food chemistry, along with trademark and copyright work and some pro bono patent prosecution. Her published writing tracks those areas — Hatch-Waxman "skinny label" inducement and ITC/Federal Circuit patent issues — rather than any single technical niche.

Side preference. The tracked data shows one appearance, on the plaintiff side, and it is a patent-assertion matter brought by a practicing operating company (Shoals Technologies Group, a Nasdaq-listed solar electrical-infrastructure manufacturer) — not an NPE/PAE enforcement campaign. Her Hatch-Waxman writing and practice description indicate work on both brand and generic sides of pharmaceutical disputes, but there is not enough tracked or publicly verifiable case data to characterize her as a consistent one-side litigator. Given a single tracked appearance, any broader side-preference conclusion would be speculative.

Firm context. She is at Troutman Pepper Locke (the firm formed by the 2025 combination of Troutman Pepper and Locke Lord), in the New York office, and appears on the case list under Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders. Her 2023–2024 bylined client alerts were published as Locke Lord QuickStudies, indicating she joined through Locke Lord before the combination. Her firm biography identifies her as an associate; the tracked case list lists her role as counsel — a title discrepancy worth noting.

Notable case. Shoals Technologies Group, LLC v. Voltage, LLC (with Ningbo Voltage Smart Production Co.) is her principal documented matter, spanning both a Section 337 investigation (Certain Photovoltaic Trunk Bus Cable Assemblies and Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-1438) and a parallel patent case in the M.D.N.C. She is named as part of the Troutman Pepper Locke team representing Shoals. The team secured a February 2026 ALJ ruling that Voltage violated Section 337 by importing infringing photovoltaic "trunk bus" cable assemblies, followed by an ITC final determination in June 2026 affirming the violation and issuing a limited exclusion order with a 100% bond during presidential review; the Commission also found certain Voltage alternative designs non-infringing, and Voltage publicly characterized its redesigned LYNX PLUS line as non-infringing. The same matter included successful opposition to institution of inter partes review petitions against the two Shoals patents at issue. She was one of several attorneys on the engagement rather than identified lead counsel.

PTAB / IPR. The public record shows her on a team that defeated IPR institution in the Shoals matter; there is no verified indication that she regularly appears as counsel of record in PTAB proceedings, and no PTAB attorney-of-record listings were located.

Bar / education. New York bar; J.D., Fordham University School of Law (2023); B.S. in biology, New York University (2019).

Sources: Troutman Pepper Locke professional biography and firm achievement/insight pages; ITC and Federal Register materials for Inv. No. 337-TA-1438; Shoals Technologies Group press release and SEC filing (June 2026); pv magazine USA and Solar Power World coverage; M.D.N.C. docket filing. No out-of-scope personal information is included.