Position: Member

TEL: (312) 222-9351

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Website: www.jenner.com

Admitted: 1966, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Seventh and Federal Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Law School: New York University, LL.B., 1966

College: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1962

Birth Date and Place: Bridgeport, Connecticut, April 15, 1940

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation, Civil Litigation

Additional Information: Harry J. Roper is a partner in the Firm's Litigation Department. He is Chair of the Intellectual Property Practice and serves on the Firm’s Management Committee. Mr. Roper is nationally recognized as one of the foremost trial lawyers in the intellectual property field and has extensive trial experience with complex patent litigation cases. Mr. Roper is AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell’s highest peer recognition for ethical standards and legal ability. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Mr. Roper has tried numerous patent infringement bench and jury trials. He has been lead trial counsel in more than 30 trials on behalf of national and international companies, including The Dow Chemical Company, Union Carbide, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic and Phillips Petroleum Company. Mr. Roper has also represented clients in substantial computer-related litigation such as in the field of word processing software used by Microsoft Word and other leading manufacturers. Mr. Roper has also been lead trial counsel in a wide variety of cases involving biotechnology, medical devices, intraocular lenses and pharmaceuticals.

Chicago and American (Chairman, Intellectual Properties Committee, Litigation Section, 1982-1986) Bar Associations; Bar Association of the Seventh and Federal Circuits; Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Chicago Council of Lawyers; Barristers of Patent Law; Richard Linn Inn of Court.

Phi Alpha Delta. Frequent participant in ALI-ABA Trial of a Patent Case. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; American Bar Foundation.

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