Samuel J. Ruggio

Overview

Samuel focuses his practice on complex patent litigation primarily in the pharmaceutical, chemical and biotechnology fields.

Sam has worked on a wide variety of patent and intellectual property related cases in numerous venues across the United States. From District Courts to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the Federal Circuit––Sam has experience throughout. 

Sam understands that every case presents a unique and individualized scenario. He diligently works to understand the client’s goals and carefully crafts litigation and pre-litigation strategies to exceed expectations. Whether the strategy is to litigate, license, settle, redesign or some other creative outside-the-box approach, Sam never loses sight of the big picture and the client’s goals.

His representative cases involve both patent owners and accused infringers, corporations (large and small) and individual inventors. As a battle-tested patent litigation attorney, Sam has far reaching experience at every stage of a case. From discovery to taking and defending depositions, as well as expert selection and preparation, pre-trial and trial, Sam is keenly aware of what it takes to go the distance to reach the desired outcome.

Sam was previously a Federal judicial intern for the Honorable Judge Thomas Durkin at the Northern District of Illinois. He also worked at the John Marshall Law School Patent Clinic, where he helped small-time inventors protect their ideas.

Sam graduated with honors and received a JD Certificate in Intellectual Property with an emphasis on Patents. He received his law degree from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, cum laude, where he served as a staff member of the John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law (RIPL). He earned a B.S. in Biology from Northern Illinois University.