Partner and Co-Chair, Patent Litigation

575 Madison Avenue
New York 10022
United States

+1 212 940 6330

Patent star 2025


Jurisdictions:

United States (National)

Practice areas:

Intellectual property
ITC litigation
Patent litigation

Industry sectors:

Life sciences
Pharmaceutical


Lance A. Soderstrom is the co-chair of Katten's Patent Litigation practice. Over his career, Lance has litigated hundreds of patents relating to a range of technologies, from pharmaceutical compounds to medical devices to computer software programs. He has significant experience advocating at claim construction hearings, discovery disputes and at trial and has litigated cases in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, Northern and Southern Districts of California and district courts of Illinois, New Jersey, Delaware, Florida and Texas.

Litigation and regulatory counsel

Lance has substantial experience in the drug approval process, including the development of patent strategies to assist clients in marketing drug products and evaluating competitive patents. He is also often asked to provide intellectual property advice to multinational corporate clients in better leveraging existing and newly constituted IP portfolios.

Education/Alumni:

  • University of Michigan Law School, JD
  • University of Michigan, MS, Pharmaceutical Engineering
  • University of Michigan, BSE