Julie S. Goldemberg

Julie has years of trial experience and regularly appears before the Federal Circuit. She has first chaired jury trials and directed and crossed fact and expert witnesses. She also has experience working on patent-related appeals before the US Supreme Court. Drawing on her experience as a clerk at the Federal Circuit, Julie regularly drafts, reviews, and provides input on appellate briefs at the Federal Circuit. Julie has further represented clients in Section 337 investigations before the US International Trade Commission and in post-grant proceedings before the US Patent and Trademark Office. Julie has been involved in some of the most high-profile recent cases involving 35 USC § 101 before the Federal Circuit and the US Supreme Court. Her legal accomplishments have earned Julie recognition as a Rising Star by Law360 (2021) and as a Lawyer on the Fast Track by The Legal Intelligencer (2020).

Julie dedicates significant time to her pro bono work. She is fluent in Spanish, and in the summer of 2018 she traveled to the Port Isabel Detention Center near Los Fresnos, Texas, to help reunite separated Spanish-speaking migrant parents and children while also providing legal advice in Spanish to the detainees. She received an Excellence in Pro Bono Award for her efforts. Julie also co–first chaired a federal jury trial in conjunction with the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s Prisoner Civil Rights Panel. In law school, Julie served as senior editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. She holds two bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering and economics. 

Trials

• Two trials in Delaware and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; co–first chaired, directed and crossed key expert witnesses, and provided closing argument
• A trade secret misappropriation trial at the US International Trade Commission involving commercial trade secrets; directed and crossed forensic expert witnesses
• An Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) matter in the District of Delaware involving 11 patents related to a pharmaceutical product and associated delivery system; the district court ruled that half of the asserted patents were invalid and the other asserted patents were not infringed, resulting in a complete victory for the client
• A patent trial related to a step for use with a boat in the Eastern District of Virginia; argued in the claim construction proceedings, successfully persuading the judge to adopt several proposed constructions, and later argued a Rule 50(a) motion, successfully persuading the judge to grant judgment as a matter of law as to one-third of the asserted claims
• A trial involving patents for network monitoring in the Eastern District of Texas

Appeals

• Successfully argued cases before the Federal Circuit

• Lead drafter on more than 60 briefs at the Federal Circuit, resulting in several notable trial reversals and affirmances, including the affirmance of a $268 million award

• Lead drafter on the briefs of an expedited interlocutory appeal that persuaded the Federal Circuit to find that a Northern District of Illinois judge had abused his discretion in granting a preliminary injunction; later served as a lead drafter on the briefs of the merits appeal in the same case that persuaded the Federal Circuit to vacate a jury verdict valued at almost $20 million

• Lead drafter on briefs before the Federal Circuit in an appeal from an ANDA litigation, resulting in an affirmance of the trial court’s decision that opened the door to generic competition for an expensive name-brand drug that provides life-saving treatment for newborns with severe breathing issues; the firm received the Hatch-Waxman Impact Case of the Year award for this victory at the 2020 LMG Life Sciences Awards

• Lead drafter on the first two writs of mandamus filed at the Federal Circuit requesting guidance on the issue of venue following the Supreme Court’s decision in TC Heartland

• Contributing drafter of the merits brief for a case before the Supreme Court that challenged the constitutionality of an administrative review proceeding

• Contributing drafter of the certiorari petition for a high-profile case that challenged patent eligibility law before the Supreme Court