Conor Tucker

Conor Tucker focuses his practice on complex business litigation, including intellectual property disputes. 

Conor earned his J.D. from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif, served on the articles board of the Northwestern University Law Review, and received the Raoul Berger Prize for his research on jurisdictional aspects of the Defend Trade Secrets Act.  During law school, Conor externed in the chambers of the Hon. Ann Claire Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Experience

• Represented departing employee in contract negotiations for release of business opportunity and attendant intellectual property.
• Represented limited liability company and trusts in defense of third party creditor’s suit and related arbitrations. Case settled favorably and confidentially on the eve of trial.
• Nike Inc. v. Skechers U.S.A., Inc. (N.D. Cal.). Representing Skechers in a design patent infringement lawsuit involving athletic shoes.
• Representing trademark owner in defense of declaratory judgment suit and infringement counterclaims.
• While a law student, represented clients in federal criminal appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit through the Bluhm Legal Clinic.

Publications

• "The Troubling Intersection of the DTSA and State Caselaw," Daily Journal (April 17, 2019)
• "The DTSA’s Jurisdictional Nexus, Three Years In." Law Journal Newsletters (March 2019)
• "The DTSA's Federalism Problem: Federal Court Jurisdiction over Trade Secrets," 28 Fordham Intell. Prop., Media & Ent. L.J. 1 (2018)
• "The New Patent Venue Regime," Law.com (November 9, 2017)

Community Involvement

• Advisory board member, Next Wave in Business (2019)
• Governing board member, New Leaders Council – Los Angeles (2017 – present)
• Associate board member and co-chair of the development committee, Chicago Scholars Foundation (2015-2017)