Erick Robinson

Partner - Cherry Johnson Siegmund James Board Member - ACAA at American Civil Accountability Alliance (ACAA) & Cherry Johnson Siegmund James

Speaker

Erick Robinson is a nationally recognized trial lawyer, patent litigator, and intellectual property strategist as well as a partner at Cherry Johnson Siegmund James PC in Texas. He leads high-stakes patent and trade secret litigation on behalf of Fortune 100 companies, technology pioneers, and individual inventors alike. With more than two decades of experience, Erick has tried and managed complex patent cases resulting in jury verdicts and settlements totaling billions of dollars in value. He regularly confronts the world’s most formidable adversaries—including Meta, Samsung, Google, Microsoft, Sony, and Cisco—in bet-the-company disputes across U.S. district courts, the International Trade Commission, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

Erick’s practice extends well beyond domestic borders. He has orchestrated multijurisdictional litigation campaigns protecting core technologies across the Unified Patent Court, China, Germany, India, and other key venues. His strategic approach integrates patent monetization, licensing, and PTAB defense, consistently securing institution denials and preserving valuable patent portfolios under challenge. Before joining Cherry Johnson Siegmund James, Erick served as Director of Patents for Qualcomm and Senior Patent Counsel at Red Hat, experiences that sharpened his ability to align litigation strategy with broader business objectives. He was also head of patent litigation at a leading Chinese law firm, giving him rare insight into cross-border IP enforcement.

He is also a founding board member of the American Civil Accountability Alliance (ACAA), an organization dedicated to preserving an open, fair, and accessible civil justice system. A published authority on patent litigation and litigation finance, Erick has been published and quoted in over 100 articles and publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Intellectual Asset Management. He has been recognized among the Leading 300 IP Strategists Worldwide since 2014.