Latham & Watkins LLP

Tony Sammi, Global Co-Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Technology Industry Group and former Global Vice Chair of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice, is a first-chair litigator who handles complex, high-profile technology matters at trial and on appeal.

Tony represents clients in high-stakes, ground-breaking intellectual property matters at the cutting edge of innovation in US District Courts and on appeal, as well as before the US Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). His status as a go-to trial lawyer for some of the industry's highest profile tech clients speaks to his impressive track record and his effective and aggressive case strategies.

Drawing on his background in electrical engineering and physics, he takes to trial disputes across a broad range of technologies, including those involving:

• • Aerospace
  • Medical devices
  • Software algorithms
  • Virtual-reality, first-person shooter, and 3D gaming
  • Petrochemical industry modeling software
  • Source code
  • Blood centrifuge devices
  • Sporting equipment
  • Pharmaceuticals

Tony's practice includes strategic counseling for both US and multinational clients on evaluating, licensing, and protecting invaluable intellectual property portfolios.

Tony's cases regularly garner coverage in, and he has been quoted by, outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, CNBC, Bloomberg, Vanity Fair, BBC News, USA Today, and The Hollywood Reporter. The National Law Journal described his closing arguments in a jury trial as a “virtuoso performance.”

A recognized leader within the IP and tech bar, Tony is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the New York Intellectual Property Law Association. He previously served as President and Director of the South Asian Bar Association of New York, for which he is a founding member, and as Director of the National South Asian Bar Association.