Mr. Katz, who heads the litigation group in the Palo Alto office, specializes in complex commercial dispute resolution with an emphasis on intellectual property, antitrust and technology matters. During his career, he has been involved in high-profile and novel cases for major clients both internationally and in Northern California.

Prior to joining Manatt, Mr. Katz served as Managing Partner of the four California offices of a prominent multinational firm as well as a member of its Executive Committee. His previous experience also includes the position of Deputy Director of the Law of the Sea Negotiations at the U.S. State Department, as well as the position of attorney at the Foreign Commerce Section of the U.S. Justice Department's Antitrust Division, where he was recipient of the Attorney General's Outstanding Performance Award. In addition, he was an Overseas Fellow of the International Legal Center in Bandung, Indonesia, where he assisted the Minister of Justice on law reform projects.

Representative Recent Litigation:

Mr. Katz won a jury verdict in 2006 in a patent infringement case in Marshall, Texas, involving remote email as reported in the Wall Street Journal on May 4, 2006 on page B4.

Mr. Katz obtained an injunction in 2006 in the Federal Court in the Southern District of New York against a company seeking to circumvent a device protecting electronically stored data.

Mr. Katz won a jury verdict in 2006 in the Federal Court in the Northern District of California in a contract/copyright infringement case involving two electronic search companies.

Mr. Katz obtained an injunction in 2004 in the Federal Court in the Southern District of New York preventing the company formerly known as 321 Studios from selling DVDXCopy software.