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Fred Lorig has been listed in Best Lawyers in America, named a Southern California Super Lawyer and was featured in numerous publications including the NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL,  AMERICAN LAWYER , the WALL STREET JOURNAL and the LOS ANGELES TIMES.  Fred has specialized in litigation involving complex technology since 1976 when he handled his first trade secret case involving computer networks.  Fred joined Quinn Emanuel in January 2006 as Co-Chair of our National Trial Practice and was recently named Co Chair of  Intellectual Property Litigation. 

Fred has represented clients in both intellectual property and antitrust matters and obtained plaintiffs verdicts in excess of $ 2  billion  before trebling , including $1.2 billion for patent infringement in Litton v Honeywell , which was later settled for $440 million.  Fred has been lead trial counsel in efforts to license a number of patent portfolios  and has obtained licensing revenues of approximately $1 billion .  One patent portfolio where Fred  acted as lead trial counsel included actions against 11 defendants involving patents on the smart battery management used in all notebook computers and obtained license fees for his client of approximately $250  million.  Eight of these disputes were resolved by judgment in his client’s favor, three by cross license with payments by each cross licensee in confidential amounts  of  8 figures each.  At the same time, Fred has been lead counsel in a similar effort to license  Stanford's  pioneering patent on optical fiber amplifiers which is exclusively licensed to Northrop Grumman.  In addition to judgments against Corning, Nortel and Alcatel, Fred  obtained licenses for his client on advantageous terms in a total amount in 9 figures. Fred has also acted as lead defense lawyer in numerous cases for Fortune 100 companies resulting in either dismissals or settlements on favorable terms including the payment of attorneys fees to his client.

Fred's clients  include Northrop Grumman, IBM, Thomson, General Electric and Teledyne.

Represented Unova as lead trial counsel n a large patent litigation against Hewlett Packard ("HP").  After HP obtained summary judgment, we appealed to the Federal Circuit who unanimously reversed and instead ordered summary judgment in favor of Unova. Thereafter, the case was settled for $23 million only days prior to trial, when HP asked for a mediator and paid for a license under the patents. HP thereby joined the following companies who licensed the patents after suit was filed: Toshiba (License); Compaq (Judgment); Dell (Judgment); IBM (Judgment); NEC (Judgment); Matsushita/Panasonic (Judgment); Fujitsu (Judgment); Acer (Judgment); Gateway (Judgment) and Apple (Judgment). Pursuant to those licenses, Unova has obtained almost a quarter billion dollars to date.

Represented Celeritas Technolgies as lead trial counsel against Rockwell International Corp., obtaining a judgment of $64 million for willful infringement and breach of non-disclosure agreement involving later patented technology on the wireless transmission of data over cellular systems.

Represented Litton as lead trial counsel against Honeywell and received a verdict of $1.2 billion for  willful  patent infringement and interference with  contract and  prospective business advantage.   At the time, the largest patent infringement verdict in U.S. history.  Ultimately settled for $440 million  after two retrials ordered by the Federal Circuit following erroneous JMOL and summary  judgment.

Represented Litton as lead trial counsel against Honeywell in a successful monopolization case.  This is believed to be the largest non-class action antitrust verdict in California, over $700 million after trebling.

Represented Litton Systems against Ssangyong Corp. in a case involving  the theft of the fire control radar for a military aircraft.  Established that Section 44 of the Lanham Act creates a Federal Cause of Action for Trade Secret Misappropriation against a foreign corporation. A confidential financial settlement in 8 figures was reached, along with the abandonment of  efforts to illegally export military technology to the Far East.

Represented an individual inventor as lead trial counsel in a patent case involving computer firmware, obtaining a $44 million award following a verdict of willful infringement.
 

Represented Teledyne Industries, Inc., establishing that the disclosure of an opinion on patent validity or infringement  submitted in defense of a charge of willful infringement waived the entire subject matter of the privilege including trial counsel.
 

Represented Allred Pools as lead trial counsel against Pool Water Products in a monopolization case. Obtained trebled judgment and an injunction in the clients favor, later settling on appeal for confidential terms
 

Represented Litton as lead trial counsel against Sundstrand in a complex patent, trade secret and RICO case that, following remand, resulted in Sundstrand ultimately withdrawing its products from the market while paying Litton a very substantial but confidential sum in 8 figures.
 

Represented Litton as lead trial counsel against Honeywell, successfully defending their failed attempt to use their patent portfolio to drive its only competitor from the market place. Obtained license under all Honeywell patents on product line for a token payment of a few hundred thousand dollars.