Overview
Kate Sorensen Razavi partners with clients in all phases of intellectual property litigation, including jury trials and appeals.
Intellectual Property Litigation
Kate works with complex technology across industries, with a focus on making complicated things simple. Her litigation experience has included pharmaceuticals, medical devices, computer hardware and software, online systems, database technology, manufacturing systems, consumer products, financial services, commercial adhesives, automotive aftermarket technology, GPS systems, and other areas. Kate focuses on patent litigation, and also works with clients on general IP and business matters.
Legal Design
Kate leads the firm’s partnership with the Legal Design Lab at Stanford Law School, an initiative that uses design principles to solve legal problems. She is an emerging leader on visual advocacy and design thinking, and offers legal design services to FaegreBD firm clients in intellectual property matters and other areas.Services & Industries
Credentials
Bar Admissions
Minnesota
Court Admissions
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
Education
University of Wisconsin Law School
J.D. cum laude, Order of the Coif, Wisconsin Law Review (Notes and Comments Editor) (2008)
Concordia College
B.A. summa cum laude (2004)
Experience
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February 2015 1 min readNFL Prevails in Publicity Rights CaseLitigation & Dispute Resolution Intellectual Property 商标、著作权、广告及媒体 (T-CAM) Appellate Advocacy
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February 2013 1 min read3M Wins Summary Judgment and Appeal in Long-Standing Patent Infringement CaseIntellectual Property Patent Litigation
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June 2012 1 min readThomson Reuters Wins Summary Judgment and Appeal in Patent CaseTechnology Intellectual Property Patent Litigation
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1 min readW.L. Gore Achieves Summary Judgment Victory in Patent Infringement Case
Insights & Events
Insights
Other Perspectives
- Attorney-Client Privilege: Seeking Legal Advice
Minnesota CLE, June 2018 (Upcoming) - Visual Advocacy for Litigators
District of Minnesota FBA Seminar, May 2018 (Upcoming) - Visual Advocacy
District of Delaware Third Bench and Bar Conference, May 2018 (Upcoming) - Visual Advocacy in Drug & Device Litigation
Guest lecturer, UCLA School of Law, February 2018 (Upcoming) - Visual Advocacy: Using Brain Science for Better Results
Minnesota CLE, 2018 - IP Practitioner's Roundtable: Copyright, Trademark, Patent
Consultations on the Adjudication of Intellectual Property for Ukraine's IP Benchbook Committee, Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Federal Judicial Center, USPTO, the High Commercial Court of Ukraine and the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Visual Advocacy
Midwest IP Institute, 2017 - From Good to Great: Using Legal Design to Create Powerful Courtroom Exhibits
Midwest IP Institute, 2017 - Legal Design for Your Business
Midwest IP Institute, 2017 - Patent Litigation and Practice
Guest lecturer, University of Minnesota Law School, 2017 - How to Win Your Next Trial
Minnesota CLE, 2017 - The New Rules for Pleading Patent Infringement
Minnesota CLE Webinar, 2016 - The New Rules for Pleading Patent Infringement: Six Month Update
Minnesota CLE Webinar, 2016
Honors
- Minnesota Super Lawyers — Rising Stars, 2017-18