Rick Frenkel, Partner at Latham

Today, my guest is Rick Frenkel, a Partner at Latham who helps clients navigate intellectual property disputes, providing analysis and preventative counseling and advising on the IP aspects of both license agreements and mergers and acquisitions. He draws on his experience as a trial lawyer, engineer, and former in-house counsel, representing clients in all aspects of litigation. Rick advises a full range of clients, from startups to Fortune 50 companies active in a variety of industries, including telecommunications, semiconductors and LEDs, information technology – including security, software, and storage, medical devices, internet & digital media and energy.

Prior to joining Latham, Rick served as the Director of Intellectual Property for Consumer and Emerging Technologies at Cisco Systems. Prior to practicing law, he worked as an aerospace engineer at Allied Signal and GE Aircraft Engines. Rick’s representative clients include Amazon, Meta, Lamar Outdoor Advertising, Mimecast, Amphenol, Extreme Networks, and Western Digital. Rick holds a BS from University of Michigan, and MS from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a JD from Loyola Law School.