Lawyers / Professionals

Mr. Kratz has extensive experience as a trial attorney, including all forms of litigation and alternative dispute resolution. He leads or has led litigation teams in numerous large, complex matters, including cases in the fields of patents and other forms of intellectual property, technology licensing and development, trade and competition, health care, securities, professional malpractice and all aspects of business litigation. His intellectual property experience spans industries such as pharmaceuticals, Internet advertising, hospitality, heavy manufacturing, software development, construction, environmental remediation, and many others.

He is the leader of the firm's Hatch-Waxman litigation team, serving as lead counsel in all phases of numerous ANDA cases for a leading generic pharmaceutical company, including several "first filer" cases. He has a proven track record in this field, including facilitating a major product launch with 180-day exclusivity nearly 10 years before the last to expire patents.

Mr. Kratz also has extensive experience in other IP litigation matters in the pharmaceutical arena. He has served as lead counsel in infringement actions against compounding pharmacies alleged to infringe a patent in the years before FDA approval for the branded product. He has also acted as lead counsel in a patent ownership dispute between an inventor of a drug and a university research foundation. Additionally, he has acted as lead counsel in a legal malpractice dispute concerning the scope of patent protection for a pharmaceutical product in Pacific Rim countries.

He has extensive experience in the management of high stakes, high profile commercial litigation. He has tried many cases to verdict in a variety of jurisdictions, and argued several appeals before federal and state appellate courts. He has taught trial advocacy to both law students and lawyers in several states.