Latham & Watkins LLP

Gabrielle LaHatte represents market-leading life sciences and high-technology companies in patent litigation matters of first impression.

Gabrielle leverages extensive technical acumen across disciplines to help clients navigate litigation before the federal district courts, the International Trade Commission, and in appeals before the Federal Circuit involving complex technologies, including:

• • Biologics
  • Biotechnology
  • Medical devices
  • Voice codecs
  • Vehicle control systems
  • Telecommunications

She evaluates the merits of clients’ global intellectual property portfolios and crafts out-of-the-box strategies to guide clients to secure favorable outcomes, both before and following trial. Gabrielle collaborates with witnesses, including inventors, to distill complex technical topics into compelling courtroom narrative.

Gabrielle maintains an active pro bono practice, including advising on matters involving immigration and veterans’ benefits.

Prior to joining Latham, Gabrielle served as a law clerk to Judge Kathleen O’Malley of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and chief staff attorney and law clerk for Chief Judge Leonard Davis of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Before her clerkships, she prosecuted biotechnology and mechanical patents at a regional intellectual property boutique after pursuing a dual degree program for her JD and masters in biochemistry.

Gabrielle serves as a member of the Eastern District of Texas Bench Bar Planning Committee and the Federal Circuit Bar Association’s model jury instruction subcommittee, and she frequently serves on panels regarding patent litigation. She is also a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Inn of Court.