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Adam R. Brausa

Partner | San Francisco

Adam is a trial lawyer, who focuses his practice on patent litigation. Adam’s clients look to him as lead counsel in district court litigation, post-grant proceedings at the Patent Office, and at the Federal Circuit. With every client, Adam starts by listening and learning about their business, so that he and his team can craft a bespoke legal strategy best suited to accomplish his client’s goals.

Adam represents numerous Fortune 500 companies including Genentech, Shopify, Squarespace, and GoPro, as well as emerging and venture-funded companies across industry sectors. He was part of the team that led enforcement of Genentech’s Cabilly family of patents, which generated billions of dollars in licensing revenue, and also represented Genentech in some of the earliest litigations relating to biosimilar legislation. For his client Itron Networked Solutions, Inc., Adam led the team that succeeded in invalidating both asserted patents in IPR proceedings and then successfully defended the Board’s final written decisions at the Federal Circuit.

As a result of Adam’s work, he has been recognized by numerous industry publications as a top life sciences litigator. Most recently, Adam was named a Litigation Star for 2023 by Benchmark Litigation.


U.S. (Nationwide) Litigation Star, Intellectual Property

Benchmark Litigation 2023

California Litigation Star, Intellectual Property

Benchmark Litigation 2024-2025