Derek is a Partner at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, and focuses his practice on patent litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels. He has extensive experience in cases before federal district courts, the International Trade Commission, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, where he has contributed to numerous successful appeals, including arguing as lead counsel. Derek works on cases in a wide range of industries, such as ANDA litigations, mobile devices, computer graphics, imaging technology, medical devices, and outdoor recreation products. After law school at Duke University and several years in practice at Finnegan, Derek spent a year clerking at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in the chambers of the Honorable Jimmie V. Reyna.