Practice/Industry Groups
Education
- J.D., cum laude, University of Michigan Law School, 2001, Teaching Fellow and Research Assistant
- A.B., Harvard University, 1995
State Bar Admissions
- Illinois
- New York
Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fed. Circuit
- U.S. Dist. Court, S.D. New York
- U.S. Dist. Court, E.D. New York
- U.S. Dist. Court, S.D. Indiana
Languages
- French
Clerkships/Internships
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, Law Clerk, Honorable John W. Darrah, August 2001-July 2003
Danielle Anne Phillip
Ms. Phillip’s practice encompasses patent, trademark, and copyright litigation. She has represented clients in the federal courts, as well as in administrative hearings. Ms. Phillip has experience in all aspects of litigation, including discovery and motion practice; preparation of witnesses for, and defending, depositions; working with experts; conducting client and witness interviews; and preparation for, assistance and participation at trial. She has previously represented major tobacco, major multi-level marketing, and medical device companies and an internet service provider in patent infringement litigations.
Ms. Phillip is a member of the Black Women Lawyers’ Association’s Mentoring Committee.
- Named to Law Bulletin's "Forty Illinois Attorneys Under 40 to Watch" for 2011
- University of Michigan Law Review, Contributing Editor and Associate Editor
- Henry M. Campbell Moot Court Competition, Quarter Finalist and Best Oral Argument
- The Harvard Crimson, Arts Editor
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- AOL, Inc. v. Yahoo! Inc. (S.D.N.Y. 2010-2011). Subject: Patent Infringement. Ms. Phillip represented defendant Yahoo! Inc. Case settled on confidential terms.
- Star Scientific, Inc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (D. Md.). Multi-patent infringement case involving two patents relating to tobacco curing barns and methods for treating tobacco to yield low tobacco-specific nitrosamines. Star Scientific sought damages in excess of $1 billion. On June 16, 2009, after a four-week trial, a 12-person jury ruled in favor of RJR on all issues. District Court entered final judgment on a jury verdict of patent non-infringement and invalidity (based on anticipation, obviousness, indefiniteness and failure to disclose the best mode) in favor of client RJR. The Federal Circuit affirmed the jury verdict of patent non-infringement on August 26, 2011.
- Representing major medical device company in patent infringement litigation.
- Represented major multi-level marketing company in patent infringement litigation.
- Represented major tobacco company in patent infringement litigation.
- Represented investment company in regulatory investigations before state and federal regulatory agencies.
- Represented major pharmaceutical company in patent infringement litigation.
- Represented major insurance corporation in shareholder derivative actions.
- Represented hotel retailer in securities class action and shareholder derivative action.
- Black Women Lawyers Association, Mentoring Committeee and Mentor
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, Chicago, Illinois
Shareholder, January 2011 - Present
Associate, October 2008 - December 2010
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, New York
Associate, September 2003 - October 2008
Summer Associate, Summer 2000
University of Chicago, Department of Pharmacological & Physiological Sciences, Chicago, Illinois
Senior Research Technologist, September 1997 - September 1998
Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Tropical Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
Research Assistant, September 1995 - August 1997
Press Releases
- Law Bulletin Names Brinks' Danielle Phillip an Attorney to Watch
- Brinks Promotes Four Attorneys to Shareholder
- Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Hosts 2010 Summer Legal Institute Luncheon
- Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Hosts 2nd Annual Just the Beginning Foundation's 2009 Summer Legal Institute
- Danielle Phillip and Hao Tan Join Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
