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Vincent Pollmeier is Quinn Emanuel's Chief Technology Counsel and brings to the practice of law a unique combination of technical and legal acumen.  Prior to entering the law, Vincent spent more than a dozen years directly involved in cutting edge technological pursuits.  Vincent was a researcher at the University of Texas Center for Space Research involved in the testing and early utilization of the prototype GPS satellites.  He later served as a Principal System Engineer with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) where his responsibilities included design, development, analysis, testing, and operation of spacecraft and radio frequency and radar tracking systems for NASA’s interplanetary programs.  During his twelve years working for JPL, Vincent worked on a number of NASA missions and advanced projects, including the Voyager mission to Neptune, Galileo mission to Jupiter, and multiple missions to Mars, including the Mars Pathfinder mission.  Additionally, he managed the research and development of advanced tracking, data, and information systems for NASA’s Deep Space Network.  Representing NASA and JPL, Vincent was involved in multiple collaborations with foreign space agencies, including those of Russia and Germany.  As a System Engineer, Vincent was heavily involved in many aspects of the design and development of advanced hardware and software systems for spaceflight and ground use and has a broad experience base in computer hardware, software, communications, advanced materials and propulsion. 

Vincent is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and has substantial experience in patent prosecution in a wide variety of technologies.  Vincent's technical background allows him to relate complex technologies to lay judges and juries in a wide variety of cases and maximize the value of retained experts and technical witnesses.

Vincent has a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Iowa State University, an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas, and his law degree is from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.  He is a member of AIAA and the IEEE.  He has published numerous technical articles and papers on a number of aspects of spacecraft design and operation.

Seiko Epson Corporation
IBM
Samsung Corporation
TRW
XM Satellite Radio, Inc.
Northrop Grumman
Tokai Kogyo Mishin Kabushiki Kaisha
Electronic Arts Inc.

Lockheed Martin

Konica Minolta

Vincent Pollmeier's practice focuses on representing clients in litigation, arbitration, government investigations, and other legal context where complex technology lies at the core of the representation and an understanding of the technology is critical.  He has significant experience litigating matters where technology was at the center of the dispute in the areas of contracts, insurance settlements, patent and trade secret, government fraud and regulatory investigations, antitrust, and even divorce.

Mr. Pollmeier's legal experience as well as his prior technical experience as a System Engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory provides him with a deep understanding of technologies in computer systems, robotics, networking, measurement and instrumentation, control systems and a wide-range of aerospace and cross-over technologies.

Mr. Pollmeier has represented a broad range of companies and individuals in technologies ranging from rocket injectors and digital signal processing systems to computer controlled embroidery machines and inkjet printers.

Represented Seiko Epson in the successful defense of a patent infringement action brought in the Eastern District of Texas involving printer and printer interface technology.

Won a judgment of patent infringement including damages and an injunctive relief on behalf of Tokai Kogyo Mishin, a manufacturer of automated commercial computer numerically controlled embroidery machines, which precluded a Chinese competitor from importing their infringing line of commercial embroidery machines.

Represented Northrop Grumman in a trade secret case related to a proprietary rocket engine technology and defended against a related antitrust lawsuit in which the plaintiff alleged that Northrop Grumman monopolized the market for launch vehicles for space.

Represented EA in the successful defense of class action suit alleging that Digital Rights Management software damaged consumer computers.

Led the technology and standards analysis effort in the development of antitrust arguments on behalf of a major electronics manufacturer against a consortium of their competitors who developed a closed and proprietary standard for memory systems.

Defended a major aerospace company against a $133 million claim for negligence, negligent misrepresentation and fraud related to the alleged manufacture of defective solar arrays  satellites and prevailed on summary judgment.

For a satellite broadcaster, successfully argued to an arbitration panel that satellites, still currently in daily use by the client were, in fact, total losses under the insurance policy based on projected future decline in power from their solar panels.