Tom Gemmell is an intellectual property and commercial trial attorney who represents clients in complex, high-stakes disputes nationwide. He handles patent infringement and licensing disputes, trade secret litigation, false advertising claims and other business disputes, with particular experience in the medical device, health care, aviation, automotive and manufacturing industries.

Tom has tried cases before juries and judges in federal and state courts across the country. His experience includes disputes involving spinal implant systems, hemodialysis machines, aviation and automotive technologies, tracking technologies, building products, imaging systems and other complex products and technologies.

A former fighter pilot, Tom brings a mission-oriented focus in the courtroom to the advantage of his clients, combining focused preparation, strategic judgment and courtroom experience with attention to his clients’ business objectives.

Tom has secured significant wins for patent owners and companies prosecuting and defending against infringement claims and in other intellectual property and commercial disputes. His representative victories include jury verdicts in patent infringement and related commercial-tort lawsuits involving spinal implant technologies, a jury verdict for a leading health care provider in a $780 million patent infringement lawsuit involving hemodialysis technology, summary judgments of infringement for patent owners in multi-million dollar patent infringement lawsuits, summary judgment defeating a $380 million false advertising damages claim, and multimillion-dollar arbitration awards and settlements in patent licensing and trade secret disputes.

Tom’s clients have included General Motors Co., United Airlines, Inc., Cardinal Health, Inc., Guardian Industries, Zebra Technologies Corp., Gogo, Inc., Crate & Barrel, XSport Fitness and Jack in the Box, Inc.