TIMOTHY LI is an associate in the IP Litigation group of Sidley’s New York office.
Prior to working at Sidley, Tim was an associate at another New York law firm where he practiced IP litigation across a wide range of technologies, including Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phones, nucleic acid hybridization technology, clock recovery, and GPS- and WiFi-based location tracking technology. These matters involved taking and defending depositions, working with expert witnesses and preparing expert reports, and drafting and revising motions, briefs, statements, petitions, and other filings. Tim also clerked for Judge Raymond T. Chen on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and Judge Nora Barry Fischer in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Tim received his law degree from the George Washington University Law School, where he was the managing editor for The George Washington Law Review. During law school, Tim received the Charles Glover Award and interned for the Hon. Randall R. Rader in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Office of General Counsel at the U.S. International Trade Commission, and the Hon. Deborah A. Batts in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Prior to starting his legal career, Tim was a consultant for NERA Economic Consulting in the Oliver Wyman Group. He graduated from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and Physics and was a teaching fellow in organic chemistry.