Mike has been active in The Sedona Conference Working Group 9 on Patent Damages and Remedies (WG9) and Working Group 10 on Patent Litigation Best Practices (WG10) since 2010. He led Winston & Strawn’s intellectual property practice from 2007 through 2017. He represents plaintiffs and defendants based in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, and has tried many cases to verdict. He has handled IP cases in industries ranging from telecommunications, computer architecture, and semiconductor fabrication, to artificial turf, eyeglasses, and paint rollers. Mike has twice been recognized as Illinois Intellectual Property Litigator of the Year.