Patrick M. Ryan

Patrick M. Ryan handles cases throughout the United States involving a cross section of complex commercial litigation, antitrust, trade secrets, intellectual property, class action, false advertising, and constitutional matters. Over the last 20 years, Patrick has successfully litigated, on both the plaintiff and defense side, numerous matters for major corporate clients from a variety of industries, including manufacturing, automotive, software, healthcare, retail, biotech, and real estate. Patrick has a knack for making the most complicated concepts simple to understand for judges and juries, and he regularly solves complex problems for companies—both in and out of court—with fervor and creativity.Patrick has been recognized as one of the top trade secret lawyers in the United States, representing major companies on both the defense and plaintiff side. Most recently, on October 7, 2020, Patrick was named Top Trade Secret Lawyer for 2020 by theCalifornia Daily Journal. Each year, the California Daily Journal recognizes California’s Top Trade Secret Lawyers. In this year’s edition, Patrick received this honor and was featured in a lengthy article regarding his practice. In May of 2019, Patrick obtained an $845 Million judgment for ASML, the world’s leading supplier of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, in one of the largest trade secret victories in history, resulting in the Bartko Pavia LLP firm being ranked as Number 3 in the Top 100 Verdicts—published byThe National Law Journal(June 2019)—and having the highest ranked intellectual property victory in the United States. And the California Daily Journal’sTop Verdictspublication named Patrick’s case the highest Intellectual Property and Trade Secrets victory in California for 2019 and the Number 2 highest judgement overall for 2019. As part of his practice, Patrick helps businesses better protect their trade secrets and coordinates investigations into potential IP theft for companies accused of stealing trade secrets and for companies that might be the victim of such theft.Patrick also has over a decade of experience helping clients protect their products from counterfeiters and gray market sellers. He has unique knowledge about how counterfeit and gray market products are imported into distribution channels and how best to combat such practices whether through behind-the-scenes investigations and tools, criminal referrals, or litigation.Patrick actively advises, counsels, and litigates on behalf of victims of anti-competitive conduct.Patrick has also led joint-defense teams, representing dozens of large manufacturing companies accused of antitrust violations.In Global Competition Review, a then senior in-house litigation attorney at Cisco said, “I have worked closely with Patrick Ryan on numerous complex litigation matters, including antitrust matters; he is creative, attentive, and brilliant. Patrick knows his clients’ business goals and always finds a way to achieve them whether through settlement or litigation victory.”Previously, Patrick was a litigation partner at two global law firms—Winston & Strawn LLP and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. At Winston, Patrick led the client team that received the 2011 Commercial Litigation Law Firm of the Year Award from one of the world’s largest networking equipment Manufacturing companies. In 2013, Patrick joined Bartko so that he could take on more varied work with fewer conflicts and be able to provide more flexible fee structures to clients. Patrick is a thought leader and regular presenter on Alternative Fee Arrangements, which he believes should ideally be designed to facilitate having firms and clients share in the risks, as well as the rewards, associated with litigation.