Mark Halligan, FisherBroyles

Overview:

Considered an expert on trade secrets protection, Mark Halligan has been speaking on this lesser-understood area of IP law for more than a decade. He serves as chair of FisherBroyles’ Trade Secrets Practice Group—which encompasses nearly 30 practitioners—and is widely recognised for his work in developing automated trade secret asset management blockchain systems.

Halligan’s authority on trade secrets has a broad reach, from teaching advanced trade secrets law at the University of Illinois Chicago for three decades, to writing numerous articles on the topic for Reuters.

With one peer describing his knowledge of IP law as “limitless”, Halligan is frequently named as one of the top US lawyers in the field, and is a renowned trial lawyer who has appeared at forums including the Supreme Court and US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.