Hutchins, Kate

Lawyer Overview

Kate Hutchins is a counsel in the firm's Litigation/Controversy Department, and a member of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group. She joined the firm in 2001. Ms. Hutchins has experience in a variety of complex civil litigation matters and focuses on intellectual property litigation.

Practice

Ms. Hutchins has litigated patent disputes involving an array of fields, including matters involving pharmaceutical products, secure Internet transactions, GPS systems, electronic components of automobiles and business method patents. Ms. Hutchins has also participated in a variety of other matters at the trial and appellate levels, including complex commercial cases, appellate briefing in the areas of constitutional, antitrust and bankruptcy law and defense against allegations of securities fraud. She also has been a leader in the firm's pro bono efforts—including work on civil rights and political asylum matters—for which she received the John H. Pickering Award for Pro Bono Activities.

Professional Activities

Ms. Hutchins is a member of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association.

Honors and Awards

• Recipient of the firm's 2004 John H. Pickering Award for Pro Bono Activities

Areas of Practice

• Litigation/Controversy
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Litigation
• Business Trial Group

Representative Cases

• Nationwide

West Practice Categories

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Intellectual Property Law, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• New York

Education

• Yale Law School, 2000
  JD
• University of Michigan, 1997
  BA
  Honors: with Highest Distinction

Address

399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022

Phones

+1 212 295 6414 (Business Phone)

Faxes

+1 212 230 8888 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.wilmerhale.com