Ashok Ramani, Partner at Davis Polk

Today, my guest is Ashok Ramani, a Partner at Davis Polk where he heads the firm’s IP Litigation practice. A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Ashok focuses his practice on patent and trade-secret matters. Leading publications including Chambers USA and the Daily Journal recognize him as among the country’s best IP trial lawyers.

Ashok has tried 20 cases, including 15 jury trials and 13 as lead counsel. He has represented leading technology and healthcare companies including Comcast, Magnolia Medical, Netflix, Pfizer, Signify Health and TSMC. For his plaintiff clients, he has secured multiple nine-figure settlements and obtained a permanent injunction after winning a jury trial. For his defendant clients, he has won a finding of no violation on all patents before the ITC and a walk-away settlement during a trade-secret jury trial. Ashok holds a JD from a Harvard Law School and a BA From UC Berkeley.