Doug serves as managing partner of Goldman Ismail. He has a wealth of litigation experience in intellectual property, commercial litigation, and products liability. Doug has served as lead counsel for major companies in several patent infringement matters. He has worked on all stages of complex litigation, from preliminary analysis to trial, and in many different fields, from pharmaceutical products to chromatography and aerial mapping. He has represented clients in multiple patent infringement trials, including a Hatch-Waxman bench trial where he handled expert cross-examination and closing. He obtained favorable results each time.
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Consumer Electronics Litigation
- Represented Fortune 10 consumer electronics company in ten patent-infringement cases brought by Uniloc, a prolific non-practicing entity, relating to telecommunications, user-interface, computer security, and battery technologies. Successfully argued on appeal at the Federal Circuit, obtaining favorable judgment in a precedential opinion. Helped secure a dismissal with prejudice as to one patent. Secured dismissal of multiple Uniloc cases based on constitutional standing grounds, derailing Uniloc’s nationwide litigation campaign against numerous defendants.
- Represented Fortune 10 company in patent infringement action brought by Koss Corporation. Obtained favorable settlement.
- Represented Fortune 10 company as lead counsel in patent infringement action brought by non-practicing entity Mesa Digital, LLC. Obtained a stipulation of dismissal of all claims with prejudice.
- Represented Fortune 10 consumer electronics company in patent-infringement case brought by SMTM Technology, LLC.
- Represented Merck as trial co-counsel in Hatch-Waxman patent infringement action brought against sixteen groups of defendants related to Merck’s Bridion® medicine for reversal of neuromuscular block. Successfully handled expert cross-examination and closing argument at a bench trial, obtaining a complete judgment in Merck’s favor.
- Represented Merck as co-counsel in Hatch-Waxman patent infringement action related to Merck’s Nasonex® nasal spray. Obtained favorable settlement.
Represented Major League Baseball Advanced Media in putative class action related to claims arising under Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Obtained favorable settlement.
Cedar Lane Technologies v. Teledyne Digital Imaging US, Inc.Represented Teledyne Digital Imaging as lead counsel in patent infringement action. Obtained favorable settlement.
Uniloc v. Home Box Office, Inc.Represented HBO in patent infringement action. Obtained judgment of invalidity on motion to dismiss, which was subsequently affirmed on appeal.
Front Row Technologies LLC v. MLB Advanced Media, L.P.Represented Major League Baseball Advanced Media in patent infringement action. Obtained dismissal of all claims with prejudice.
Vioxx Litigation - Government Action CasesRepresents Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. in several actions brought by State Attorneys General.
Visual Intelligence LP v. Optech, Inc.Represented defendant aerial mapping system manufacturer in patent infringement action.
Alltech Associates, Inc. v. Teledyne InstrumentsRepresented defendant scientific instrument manufacturer in patent infringement action. Obtained favorable settlement after close of discovery.
St. Jude Medical, Inc. v. AccessClosure, Inc. (prior to Goldman Ismail)Represented plaintiff medical device manufacturer in patent infringement action. Obtained jury verdict of $27.1 million, the largest jury verdict in the district to date.
Microsoft Corp. v. TiVo, Inc. (prior to Goldman Ismail)Represented respondent TiVo in Section 337 action for patent infringement. Following bench trial, Microsoft agreed to dismissal of all claims.
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- Partner, Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP
- Associate, Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP
- Associate, Irell & Manella LLP
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- Northwestern Pritzker School of Law (J.D., cum laude)
- Wigmore Scholar
- Order of the Coif
- Northwestern Law Review, Membership editor, Lowden-Wigmore Prize for Legal Scholarship
- Winner, Julius Miner Moot Court Competition
- University of Virginia (B.A., Economics and Government, with distinction)
- Echols Scholar
- Northwestern Pritzker School of Law (J.D., cum laude)
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Know When to Hold ‘Em, Know When to Fold ‘Em: The Collapse of the Auction Rate Securities Market and the Problem of Standing for Securities Holders Under Rule 10b-5, 104 Nw. U. L. Rev. 2 (2010).
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- Selected by Managing IP as an Illinois Patent Star (2025)
- Selected for Benchmark Litigation’s 40 & Under Hot List (2022-2025)
- Selected by Super Lawyers as an Illinois Rising Star (2018-2024)
- Selected by Lawdragon as among the “all-star litigators” “who excel at representing principally corporations and other organizations” in complex litigation, including IP and product liability, in the 500 Leading Litigators in America guide (2022-2026)
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- Goldman Ismail Partners Receive Top Rankings in Benchmark Litigation 2026
- 19 Goldman Ismail Partners Named to Lawdragon’s List of 500 Leading Litigators in America
- Eight Goldman Ismail Partners Named to Benchmark Litigation’s 40 & Under Hot List
- Goldman Ismail Partners Named to Benchmark’s 40 & Under Hot List
- Goldman Ismail and Partners Receive Top Rankings in Benchmark Litigation 2024
- Goldman Ismail Partners Named to Benchmark’s List of Top 250 Women in Litigation and the 40 & Under Hot List
- Goldman Ismail Helps Merck Secure Patent Infringement Victory
- Goldman Ismail and Partners Receive Top Rankings in Benchmark Litigation 2023
- Goldman Ismail Partners Named to Benchmark’s List of Top 250 Women in Litigation and the 40 & Under Hot List
- Goldman Ismail and Partners Receive Top Rankings in Benchmark Litigation 2022
- Goldman Ismail Partners Named to Benchmark’s List of Top 250 Women in Litigation and the 40 & Under Hot List
- Goldman Ismail Wins Motion to Dismiss In Uniloc Patent Litigation, Impacting Dozens of Cases Nationwide
- Goldman Ismail Secures Federal Circuit Win In Uniloc Patent Litigation
- Goldman Ismail Elects to Partnership Rami Fakhouri, Andrew Rima, and Doug Winnard
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- State of Illinois
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- State of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California