Irell & Manella LLP

An experienced patent litigator, Amy E. Proctor advises clients on intellectual property issues and handles patent infringement disputes across a wide range of technologies. Amy has helped obtain hundreds of millions of dollars for patent holders. Amy also defends clients against patent infringement claims, protecting the accused from significant liability. With technical and industry expertise, Amy provides solution-oriented advice to overcome the unique challenges facing each of her clients.

Among several high-profile awards, in 2023, Amy was selected to The Recorder’s “Lawyers on the Fast Track (under 40)” for the second year running. In 2022, she was named to Bloomberg Law’s nationwide “They’ve Got Next: The 40 Under 40” list for her “intelligence, drive and common sense thinking on complicated matters” and selected to the Daily Journal’s “Top 40 Under 40” lists. Law360 also named her as one of only five “Technology Rising Stars” in 2021.

Amy has particular expertise in proving patent damages, including by carefully apportioning complex technology to a patented invention’s footprint. She believes in applying innovative scientific and econometric approaches to quantify the specific benefits created by her clients’ inventions, and then distilling those benefits into value that is easily recognized.

Amy earned her J.D. from the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, where she graduated Order of the Coif and received the Malcolm Lucas Award. As an undergraduate, she worked as a research assistant in the University of Florida Chan Physics Lab, where she helped implement a method for measuring the quantum forces associated with the Casimir effect. Her research focused on refining fabrication techniques to improve microelectromechanical system performance. Amy also completed an REU program at the University of California, Los Angeles Physics Department, where she assisted with high-speed tracking of membrane proteins.