Yusuf Esat

Practice Counsel

Office

Chicago

Phone

+1 312 840 7654


Yusuf Esat litigates patent infringement suits across diverse technology fields, frequently in the pharmaceutical and content delivery industries. Yusuf’s practice includes primary responsibility for drafting briefs, patent infringement and invalidity analysis, and case management from pre-suit investigation through appeal. He also counsels clients navigating patent licensing demands, providing technical analysis of claims and developing strategies for resolving the claims.

Yusuf has handled early dispositive motion practice on procedural issues such as venue and personal jurisdiction in addition to substantive patent issues. He also works as a primary contact for fact and expert witnesses and has presented their testimony at trial. Outside of the patent space, Yusuf’s pro bono practice includes securing asylum for a Somali refugee and favorable settlement of a civil rights suit. Yusuf also manages the firm’s mentorship program with Working in the Schools.

Credentials

  • Illinois, 2009

  • University of Illinois College of Law, JD, magna cum laude; Executive Editor, Environmental Moot Court, 2009
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BS, cum laude, Chemical Engineering, 2006

  • US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 2014
  • US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2010
  • US Patent and Trademark Office

Service / Recognition

  • Federal Circuit Bar Association, Regular Contributor, Monthly FCBA Case Digest
  • Chicago Bar Association, Former Special Projects Coordinator
  • Chicago Bar Foundation, Investing in Justice Campaign, fundraising team member

Yusuf Esat litigates patent infringement suits across diverse technology fields, frequently in the pharmaceutical and content delivery industries. Yusuf’s practice includes primary responsibility for drafting briefs, patent infringement and invalidity analysis, and case management from pre-suit investigation through appeal. He also counsels clients navigating patent licensing demands, providing technical analysis of claims and developing strategies for resolving the claims.

Yusuf has handled early dispositive motion practice on procedural issues such as venue and personal jurisdiction in addition to substantive patent issues. He also works as a primary contact for fact and expert witnesses and has presented their testimony at trial. Outside of the patent space, Yusuf’s pro bono practice includes securing asylum for a Somali refugee and favorable settlement of a civil rights suit. Yusuf also manages the firm’s mentorship program with Working in the Schools.

  • Illinois, 2009

  • University of Illinois College of Law, JD, magna cum laude; Executive Editor, Environmental Moot Court, 2009
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BS, cum laude, Chemical Engineering, 2006

  • US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 2014
  • US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2010
  • US Patent and Trademark Office

  • Federal Circuit Bar Association, Regular Contributor, Monthly FCBA Case Digest
  • Chicago Bar Association, Former Special Projects Coordinator
  • Chicago Bar Foundation, Investing in Justice Campaign, fundraising team member

Overview

Yusuf Esat litigates patent infringement suits across diverse technology fields, frequently in the pharmaceutical and content delivery industries. Yusuf’s practice includes primary responsibility for drafting briefs, patent infringement and invalidity analysis, and case management from pre-suit investigation through appeal. He also counsels clients navigating patent licensing demands, providing technical analysis of claims and developing strategies for resolving the claims.

Yusuf has handled early dispositive motion practice on procedural issues such as venue and personal jurisdiction in addition to substantive patent issues. He also works as a primary contact for fact and expert witnesses and has presented their testimony at trial. Outside of the patent space, Yusuf’s pro bono practice includes securing asylum for a Somali refugee and favorable settlement of a civil rights suit. Yusuf also manages the firm’s mentorship program with Working in the Schools.

Credentials

Admissions

  • Illinois, 2009

Education

  • University of Illinois College of Law, JD, magna cum laude; Executive Editor, Environmental Moot Court, 2009
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BS, cum laude, Chemical Engineering, 2006

Court Admissions

  • US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 2014
  • US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2010
  • US Patent and Trademark Office

Service / Recognition

Service to the Bar

  • Federal Circuit Bar Association, Regular Contributor, Monthly FCBA Case Digest
  • Chicago Bar Association, Former Special Projects Coordinator
  • Chicago Bar Foundation, Investing in Justice Campaign, fundraising team member

Yusuf Esat litigates patent infringement suits across diverse technology fields, frequently in the pharmaceutical and content delivery industries. Yusuf’s practice includes primary responsibility for drafting briefs, patent infringement and invalidity analysis, and case management from pre-suit investigation through appeal. He also counsels clients navigating patent licensing demands, providing technical analysis of claims and developing strategies for resolving the claims.

Yusuf has handled early dispositive motion practice on procedural issues such as venue and personal jurisdiction in addition to substantive patent issues. He also works as a primary contact for fact and expert witnesses and has presented their testimony at trial. Outside of the patent space, Yusuf’s pro bono practice includes securing asylum for a Somali refugee and favorable settlement of a civil rights suit. Yusuf also manages the firm’s mentorship program with Working in the Schools.

Credentials

  • Illinois, 2009

  • University of Illinois College of Law, JD, magna cum laude; Executive Editor, Environmental Moot Court, 2009
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BS, cum laude, Chemical Engineering, 2006

  • US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 2014
  • US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2010
  • US Patent and Trademark Office

Service / Recognition

  • Federal Circuit Bar Association, Regular Contributor, Monthly FCBA Case Digest
  • Chicago Bar Association, Former Special Projects Coordinator
  • Chicago Bar Foundation, Investing in Justice Campaign, fundraising team member

Yusuf Esat litigates patent infringement suits across diverse technology fields, frequently in the pharmaceutical and content delivery industries. Yusuf’s practice includes primary responsibility for drafting briefs, patent infringement and invalidity analysis, and case management from pre-suit investigation through appeal. He also counsels clients navigating patent licensing demands, providing technical analysis of claims and developing strategies for resolving the claims.

Yusuf has handled early dispositive motion practice on procedural issues such as venue and personal jurisdiction in addition to substantive patent issues. He also works as a primary contact for fact and expert witnesses and has presented their testimony at trial. Outside of the patent space, Yusuf’s pro bono practice includes securing asylum for a Somali refugee and favorable settlement of a civil rights suit. Yusuf also manages the firm’s mentorship program with Working in the Schools.

  • Illinois, 2009

  • University of Illinois College of Law, JD, magna cum laude; Executive Editor, Environmental Moot Court, 2009
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BS, cum laude, Chemical Engineering, 2006

  • US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 2014
  • US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2010
  • US Patent and Trademark Office

  • Federal Circuit Bar Association, Regular Contributor, Monthly FCBA Case Digest
  • Chicago Bar Association, Former Special Projects Coordinator
  • Chicago Bar Foundation, Investing in Justice Campaign, fundraising team member

Overview

Yusuf Esat litigates patent infringement suits across diverse technology fields, frequently in the pharmaceutical and content delivery industries. Yusuf’s practice includes primary responsibility for drafting briefs, patent infringement and invalidity analysis, and case management from pre-suit investigation through appeal. He also counsels clients navigating patent licensing demands, providing technical analysis of claims and developing strategies for resolving the claims.

Yusuf has handled early dispositive motion practice on procedural issues such as venue and personal jurisdiction in addition to substantive patent issues. He also works as a primary contact for fact and expert witnesses and has presented their testimony at trial. Outside of the patent space, Yusuf’s pro bono practice includes securing asylum for a Somali refugee and favorable settlement of a civil rights suit. Yusuf also manages the firm’s mentorship program with Working in the Schools.

Credentials

Admissions

  • Illinois, 2009

Education

  • University of Illinois College of Law, JD, magna cum laude; Executive Editor, Environmental Moot Court, 2009
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BS, cum laude, Chemical Engineering, 2006

Court Admissions

  • US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 2014
  • US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2010
  • US Patent and Trademark Office

Service / Recognition

Service to the Bar

  • Federal Circuit Bar Association, Regular Contributor, Monthly FCBA Case Digest
  • Chicago Bar Association, Former Special Projects Coordinator
  • Chicago Bar Foundation, Investing in Justice Campaign, fundraising team member