Simon Franzini

Simon Franzini is a Partner at Dovel & Luner, LLP, a litigation boutique that frequently represents plaintiffs in high-stakes cases on a contingency-fee basis. While he co-leads the firm's consumer class action practice, Mr. Franzini also maintains an active practice in patent litigation, primarily representing patent holders and technology companies against larger corporations. His career reflects a strong plaintiff-side preference in patent disputes, with all tracked appearances on the plaintiff side.

Mr. Franzini's patent litigation experience covers a range of technology areas, including software, push notification platforms, computer technology, medical devices such as vascular stents, and electronic cigarette/vaping technology. He was lead counsel for FlexStent in a patent infringement case against Abbott Labs involving vascular stent technology and represented a Silicon Beach startup in a dispute that included patent infringement, trade secret, and antitrust claims. Notably, he was part of the trial team that secured an $85 million verdict for SimpleAir in a patent infringement case against Google, focusing on push notification platforms. He also represented Mirror Worlds Technologies in a patent infringement case against Apple, Microsoft, and computer manufacturers. His tracked cases include representing VPR Brands, LP, a pioneer in electronic cigarettes, in a patent infringement matter concerning auto-draw technology, which resulted in a settlement and license agreement.

His experience extends to post-grant proceedings, having served as lead counsel for FlexStent in a related Inter Partes Review (IPR) and successfully defeating several IPRs brought against SimpleAir. Mr. Franzini is admitted to the State Bar of California (Bar No. 287631). He earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 2012, and his B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from New York University in 2009.