Richard S. Florsheim is an experienced trial lawyer who has tried two dozen cases to juries and courts across the US and has argued over a dozen cases before various appellate courts. He has served as lead trial counsel in well over 100 cases, including over 50 patent infringement cases.
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The Best Lawyers in America™ twice named him Patent Litigation “Lawyer of the Year.”

Rick was the chairman of the subcommittee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association responsible for drafting the AIPLA’s first model jury instructions for nationwide use in patent infringement litigation. He has lectured on the subject of patent litigation at numerous national seminars and has authored or co-authored a number of publications on patent litigation.

Rick was previously a partner at a large (AmLaw 100) law firm where he built and led a patent litigation practice group from its inception into a group that was consistently ranked among the top 10 in the US. His department was by one measure rated the #1 patent practice in the world and was consistently ranked among the top 10 IP law practices in the US.

Education

• Marquette University Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 1974
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971
  

Admissions

• State of Virginia
• Federal Circuit

Affiliations

• American Intellectual Property Law Association

• Federal Circuit Bar Association
• Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section of the American Bar Association.