Kathryn Bi is a Partner in the firm’s Litigation Department. She represents both plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes patent, trade-secret, and copyright disputes across technology sectors. As a member of the firm’s Founders & Entrepreneurs practice group, she also advises individual clients on disputes involving IP ownership, licenses, royalties and earn-outs, and misappropriation. With a degree in engineering and graduate training in behavioral science, Kathryn brings a rare combination of technical rigor and insight into how judges and juries make decisions.

Known for her non-formulaic approach, Kathryn develops bespoke litigation strategies that create multiple paths to success. She excels at identifying the decisive facts and issues that shift cases in her clients’ favor. Clients value her clear communication, efficiency, and ability to minimize business disruption while driving toward the outcome that matters most to them, whether that is a strategic settlement or a trial win.

Kathryn has represented clients in successful jury and bench trials, including multiple matters as lead counsel, and frequently secures early dispositive victories that avoid trial entirely. Her experience spans computer hardware and software, telecommunications, video streaming, medical devices, consumer products, pharmaceuticals, biologics, and emerging technologies.

Bar Admissions

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; Second Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; Central District of California
• New York
• California
• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

Education

• University of Chicago (J.D., with honors)
  • University of Chicago Law Review
• Dartmouth College (B.E.)
• University of Kansas (M.A., expected 2026)