Partner, Robins Kaplan LLP
Patrick Arenz, a partner at Robins Kaplan LLP, is a trial lawyer who focuses on high-profile intellectual property disputes over trade secrets, patents, copyrights, and royalties. Patrick is a trial lawyer known as an “excellent, thorough, and focused cross-examiner,” and someone who “develops strong trial themes from the moment a case is filed and brings the heat.” Patrick and his cases have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Bloomberg Law, and even “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.” He was one of four finalists for Public Justice’s prestigious Trial Lawyer of the Year award and has been named a Trailblazer by The American Lawyer.
Patrick’s most recent trial verdicts include a $42.4M verdict; a complete defense verdict of non-infringement and invalidity in a competitor-v-competitor patent dispute; a $27.8M verdict; and a $2M+ judgment after a jury found that a former employee misappropriated confidential information. Patrick has also successfully argued appeals at the Eighth Circuit, Ninth Circuit, Federal Circuit, and Minnesota Court of Appeals and Minnesota Supreme Court. Most recently, Patrick won an affirmance at the Eighth Circuit, which affirmed summary judgment in his client’s favor in a trade secret dispute.
