Kathryn Bi is a Partner in the firm’s Litigation Department. She represents both plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes patent, trade-secret, and copyright disputes across technology sectors. As a member of the firm’s Founders & Entrepreneurs practice group, she also advises individual clients on disputes involving IP ownership, licenses, royalties and earn-outs, and misappropriation. With a degree in engineering and graduate training in behavioral science, Kathryn brings a rare combination of technical rigor and insight into how judges and juries make decisions.

Known for her non-formulaic approach, Kathryn develops bespoke litigation strategies that create multiple paths to success. She excels at identifying the decisive facts and issues that shift cases in her clients’ favor. Clients value her clear communication, efficiency, and ability to minimize business disruption while driving toward the outcome that matters most to them, whether that is a strategic settlement or a trial win.

Kathryn has represented clients in successful jury and bench trials, including multiple matters as lead counsel, and frequently secures early dispositive victories that avoid trial entirely. Her experience spans computer hardware and software, telecommunications, video streaming, medical devices, consumer products, pharmaceuticals, biologics, and emerging technologies.

  • University of Chicago (J.D., with honors)
    • University of Chicago Law Review
  • Dartmouth College (B.E.)
  • University of Kansas (M.A., expected 2026)

  • As lead counsel, secured a multi-million-dollar jury verdict on behalf of a media entrepreneur in a breach-of-partnership case, crafting and presenting the core liability narrative.
  • Won a complete jury-trial victory for Comcast in patent litigation brought by WhereverTV, earning recognition in The American Lawyer’s “Litigator of the Week.” Kathryn built Comcast’s damages case and presented its damages expert at trial.
  • Delivered a jury verdict of infringement for Magnolia Medical Technologies, earning recognition in The American Lawyer’s “Litigator of the Week.” Kathryn assumed responsibility for the infringement case and presented the company’s medical expert, shaping a streamlined, science-driven narrative.
  • Won summary judgment of non-infringement for a leading manufacturer of engineered materials, drafting and arguing the successful dispositive motion.
  • As lead counsel, secured a mid-trial settlement in a bench trial after a decisive cross-examination that exposed inconsistencies in the opposing expert’s prior testimony and prompted settlement.
  • Prevailed in a medically complex federal bench trial in a pro bono matter, overseeing all discovery, cross-examining the opposing technical expert, and conducting voir dire that led to exclusion of most of the expert’s opinions.
  • Successfully defended a major cable company in a ten-patent case involving cable-modem and proactive-maintenance technologies.
  • Represented a video-streaming and data-processing innovator in several multi-patent cases, defeating §101 motions and key claim-construction challenges and achieving favorable settlements.
  • Defending a leading technology company in multi-patent litigation involving location-based social-application technologies.

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; Second Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; Central District of California
  • New York
  • California
  • U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

  • Panelist, "Strategic Patent Enforcement for Operating Companies," Centerforce's 2025 IP Strategy Summit (October 7, 2025)
  • Speaker, ""Will AI Redefine the Scope of Trade-Secret Protection?" Fordham Law IP Institute's 32nd Annual IP Conference (April 25, 2025)
  • Panelist, “Litigation Trends and New Defense Strategies,” IP Counsel’s Autumn in New York: A Post-Election Gathering for IP Counsel (November 6, 2024)