Amadou Diaw > Goodwin > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Goodwin Offices
901 NEW YORK AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON DC 20001
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Amadou Diaw
Position
Partner
Career
Amadou Diaw is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation practice. Amadou’s IP litigation practice focuses on representing defendants and plaintiffs in IP litigation including patent infringement and trade secret matters. He has handled all aspects of IP litigation matters from pre-suit investigation and pre-response issues through trial preparation and trial. Amadou’s experience includes arguing dispositive, claim construction and numerous other motions and issues before district courts.
Amadou is also an IP strategist and counselor for numerous startup companies and routinely advises emerging companies regarding IP issues.
Education
JD 2009 University of Virginia School of Law; BA Major: English, Minor: Computer Science 2006 Georgetown University
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
Goodwin has an expert intellectual property group that is particularly well-connected with clients in the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors who rely on the team’s expertise in patent disputes and in Hatch-Waxman litigation for both innovators and generics. The group is jointly led by Brett Schuman in San Francisco, whose patent practice spans multiple industries, and Elaine Blais in Boston, who specializes in patent litigation primarily in the life sciences sector. The group also includes IP trial lawyer Mark Abate in New York, tech litigator Neel Chatterjee
in Silicon Valley, and Boston-based Douglas Kline, who works with a broad portfolio of software and pharma companies. The firm’s International Trade Commission team is led by PJ McCarthy in Washington DC. Scott Weingaertner in New York is praised by clients as a ‘great lawyer in the courtroom‘. The group also includes IP specialists Natasha Daughtrey in Los Angeles and Amadou Diaw in Washington DC.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism