Erik Puknys’ career in intellectual property began more than 30 years ago as a patent examiner for the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. He started his legal career at Finnegan’s Washington, D.C. office in 1994 and moved to California in 1997 to help open Finnegan’s office in Silicon Valley. He is currently the office’s managing partner.

Erik is consistently recognized for his work as a leading patent litigator. He has been recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. for patent litigation, and as a leading patent litigator in California by Intellectual Asset Management. He was selected as one of the 75 Leading Intellectual Property Litigators in California by the Daily Journal.

Erik has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in district courts around the United States, in several circuit courts of appeal, and in the United States Supreme Court. He has worked for startups and Fortune 100 companies in a wide variety of technical fields, including software, telecommunications, computer hardware, semiconductors, medical diagnostics, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals. He has been litigating cases involving standard essential patents since the late 1990s.