Stephen M. Rummage

Stephen M. Rummage is a Senior Counsel at Davis Wright Tremaine, bringing over 41 years of experience in complex litigation and appeals. His practice encompasses a wide array of high-value disputes, including commercial litigation, class action defense, and intellectual property claims. Rummage’s technological focus areas within intellectual property include software, sharing economy platforms, telecommunications, cloud services, financial services, semiconductors, optics, and security.

In his patent litigation practice, Rummage primarily represents defendants, as indicated by his single tracked appearance as local counsel for a defendant in an untitled case and his consistent recognition for defense-side work, including "class action defense." While his biography highlights extensive experience with "intellectual property claims" and he is recognized in "Litigation - Intellectual Property" by Best Lawyers, specific named patent litigation cases with detailed outcomes are not prominently featured in his public professional profiles.

Rummage has played leading roles in significant general litigation matters, such as the Washington Public Power Supply System bond default, the Exxon Valdez oil spill litigation, and the Washington Mutual Securities Litigation. He has also defended major technology clients like Microsoft Corporation in class actions, including those related to the Xbox 360 console. There is no publicly available information detailing his involvement in PTAB or IPR proceedings.

Admitted to practice in Washington (1980), Rummage is also admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court (1985) and several U.S. Courts of Appeals (2nd, 6th, and 9th Circuits), along with U.S. District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Washington. He earned his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 1980, where he was Order of the Coif, and his B.A. in History & Creative Writing from Stanford University in 1977, graduating with distinction and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.