Katrina Quicker is the co-leader of the firm’s Patent Litigation practice. A registered patent attorney, Katrina is a seasoned and versatile first-chair litigator, having litigated more than 100 patent infringement cases over the course of her twenty-year career. She serves as lead trial counsel on behalf of companies in the chemical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical devices, computer and electronics, mechanical, and consumer products industries, and has tried multiple cases in federal district courts and at the International Trade Commission (ITC). Katrina also routinely appears before state and appellate courts and before tribunals such as the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). Beyond patents, she regularly litigates trademark, copyright, domain name, and trade secret matters, licensing disputes, as well as a variety of commercial disputes.
In addition to her active litigation practice, Katrina actively manages, files, prosecutes, and maintains her clients’ worldwide portfolios of patent and trademark applications and registrations. For over a decade, she has served as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Georgia for intellectual property matters. A strategic advisor, she also frequently assists clients with the launch of new brands and social media and advertising campaigns.
Clients and peers alike recognize Katrina as a leading intellectual property lawyer. She has been acknowledged by respected publications like Chambers USA, The Best Lawyers in America, and The Legal 500, Intellectual Asset Management, and named by Managing IP as one of the “Top 250 Women in IP” and by Georgia Super Lawyers as one of the “Top 50 Women.”
In addition to her practice group responsibilities, Katrina serves on the firmwide and Atlanta Office Diversity Committees, the Intellectual Property Team’s Strategic Advisory Committee, and previously served as the firm’s Atlanta Intellectual Property Leader. In the community, she has passionately championed for diversity and inclusion in the profession for over two decades. She is lauded for being “fearless and relentless in her pursuit of justice.” She is a member of the Board of Directors for Lambda Legal and for the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers.