James A. Gale

James A. (Jim) Gale is Co-Chair of the IP Litigation practice at Cozen O’Connor and based in the firm’s Miami and Washington, D.C. offices.

Jim is a registered patent attorney with 42 years of experience and is Chambers Band 1 ranked in Intellectual Property, Martindale AV Preeminent© rated, Board Certified in Intellectual Property by the Florida Bar, and the former inaugural chair of Florida’s IP Board Certification Committee.

Jim has handled hundreds of cases involving patents, theft of trade secrets, restrictive covenants, trademarks, unfair competition, and internet disputes. He has appeared in over 400 federal cases in more than 48 federal district and circuit courts, as well as handled hundreds of injunctions in over 35 different states around the nation.

Jim’s work and work ethic have always told a lot about his character. In 1989 his story was featured in The American Lawyer. An accomplished intellectual property litigator, Jim’s client list includes national and international high-technology manufacturers, as well as traditional brick-and-mortar clients. He was awarded the title of Patent Law Lawyer of the Year in Miami for 2016, 2017, and 2018 by Best Lawyers in America®. Jim was also appointed to the 11th Circuit Jury Instruction Panel to assist in drafting jury instructions for the recently enacted Federal Defend Trade Secrets Act.

Jim has also served as an adjunct professor of trade secret and restrictive covenant law at the University of Miami School of Law, an adjunct professor of patent and trade secret law at Florida International School of Law and an adjunct professor for patent and trade secret law for the LLM program at the Franklin Pierce, New Hampshire School of Law.

Admitted in Florida and the United States Patent & Trademark Office. Not admitted to the D.C. Bar. Practice in D.C. limited to matters before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.