Eric W. Dittmann is global co-chair of the Intellectual Property practice at Paul Hastings, where he oversees the firm’s 100-plus lawyer IP group. Recognized as one of the nation’s leading IP litigators, Eric possesses extensive first-chair experience representing clients in patent litigations, post-grant proceedings, arbitrations, and appellate disputes across a wide range of technologies, with a particular emphasis on the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. He is regularly trusted by some of the world’s most prominent companies to lead their most critical and business-defining IP disputes.

A Band 1-ranked patent litigator with Chambers USA, Eric is described by clients as “an incredible attorney, who is smart and very driven,” noting that his “encyclopedic knowledge of patent law” enables “him to come up with multiple creative solutions for a problem.” Clients also praise him as “an excellent attorney who brings a brilliant strategic mind to every issue” and “an excellent strategist and litigator.”