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Roderick
G. Dorman is a partner at Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman LLP,
a litigation and bankruptcy boutique firm of approximately 50
lawyers. His practice concentrates on technology litigation.
Mr. Dorman has extensive patent trial and appellate experience,
having been lead counsel in over one hundred and fifty patent
cases in the federal district courts and sixteen appeals before
the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
While he has handled litigation matters in all major technical
disciplines, his most recent federal district court cases have
involved computer, electronic display, peer-to-peer file sharing
software, hard disk drive circuitry, and digital media transmission
technology over the internet.
Mr. Dorman is active in various Bar activities, particularly
the Los Angeles County Bar Association. For a decade Mr. Dorman
was a member of the Executive Committee of the Litigation Section
of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and served as its
Chair for the period 2004-2005.
Prior to joining Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman LLP, Mr. Dorman
was a partner in the Los Angeles office of O’Melveny &
Myers LLP where he co-chaired the firm’s worldwide Patent
and Technology Practice Group.
Prior to joining O’Melveny & Myers, Mr. Dorman practiced
for many years as an attorney at the patent firm of Christie,
Parker & Hale, LLP. Prior to that time, he was the principal
of a commercial litigation boutique firm, a trial attorney with
the United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division,
and an in-house trial attorney with Conoco, Inc.
He earned his J.D. from the University of Miami in 1976, and
his B.A. cum laude from Princeton University in 1973.
Mr. Dorman currently represents a number of Fortune 500 and
internet companies in connection with copyright, technology,
and patent disputes including Avery Dennison Corporation, MOVE
(formerly Homestore), and Sharman Networks, Inc., owner of Kazaa.
Education
University of Miami, J.D., 1976
Princeton University, A.B., 1973, cum laude; Gale F.
Johnson Price in Public Affairs; Woodson Wilson School Certificate
Professional Activities
Admitted: California, Texas and Florida
Author: “The Case for Compensation: Why Compensatory
Components Are Required for Effective Antitrust Enforcement,”
Vol. 68, No. 6 Georgetown Law Journal, August 1980; “Copyright
and Piracy—Through the Copyright Lens,” The John
Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law, November 18,
2004
Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations;
State Bar of California; State Bar of Texas, The Florida Bar;
the District of Columbia Bar; Chair of the Litigation Section,
Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2004-05
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