1. ROBERT J. RANDO - FOUNDER AND LEAD COUNSEL
FOR THE RANDO LAW FIRM P.C.
Rob Rando began his legal career as an Associate with Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, followed by the patent firms of
Kenyon & Kenyon and Hopgood, Calimafde, Kalil & Judlowe. He is the Founding
Member and Lead Counsel of The Rando Law Firm P.C.
His professional experience spans over twenty-six years as a federal civil litigator in
matters ranging from intellectual property and antitrust, to ERISA, employment
discrimination, civil rights, shareholder and officer compensation disputes, and class
action product liability cases.
Primarily his experience has been focused on the litigation of patent infringement
disputes in the Southern District of New York (“SDNY”), the Eastern District of New
York (“EDNY”) and several other United States District Courts across the country. He
has also filed Circuit Court of Appeals briefs and argued before the Appeals Court for
the Second Circuit. Additionally, he has authored, co-authored, and filed Amicus
briefs before the United States Supreme Court on various patent law issues from
2006 to the present.
He is experienced in a wide range of technologies, including: computer hardware and
software, silicon chip manufacturing, biotechnology products, medical devices,
pharmaceuticals, chemical compounds, food additives, alternative energy products,
consumer electronics, communications, security, Internet and e-commerce.
Since 2004, Rob has enjoyed the privilege and honor of judicial appointment as
a Special Master in numerous cases involving complex patent law issues. He is also a
Fellow of the Academy of Court Appointed Masters.
Since early in his career, he has also been involved in alternative dispute resolution.
He has engaged in mediation on behalf of his clients and has served as a Mediator in
several private mediations all with successful outcomes. He has also served as a
Neutral in patent and non-patent cases.

2. Rob is a Master in the Honorable William C. Conner Inn of Court and an active
member of several bar associations. He is the current Treasurer of the New York
Intellectual Property Law Association (“NYIPLA”) and NYIPLA Board Liaison for the
Programs Committee. He is also a member of the NYIPLA Amicus Committee, where
he has enjoyed the privilege of contributing and participating in the filing of Amicus
briefs on various issues before the Federal Circuit and United States Supreme Court.
Rob is active in patent-related legislative initiatives though his work on the NYIPLA
Legislative Action Committee and with the Federal Bar Association (“FBA”)
Government Relations Committee. He is also the Chairperson of the FBA Intellectual
Property Law Section.
In 2012, along with two other patent practitioners, he enjoyed the honor and
privilege of developing and conducting a series of lectures to update the SDNY and
EDNY Patent Pilot Program Judges, Magistrates and law clerks on the patent law
reforms of the America Invents Act.
He is also a member of the EDNY Civil Litigation Rules Committee, a published
author, a moderator/speaker/presenter at bar associations, CLE programs and trade
groups and a recurring guest lecturer at local law schools.
Rob received his Juris Doctor, with academic honors, from St. John’s University
School of Law in 1989. He was the Executive Publications Editor of the St. John’s Law
Review and the recipient of an Academic Scholarship, Civil Trial Institute Honors and
the American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in Constitutional Law. He received
his Bachelor of Science, with academic honors, in mathematics and computer science,
from Hofstra University in 1983.
He is admitted to practice in New York. He is also admitted to the bars of the U.S.
District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the U.S. Court of
Federal Claims, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second and Federal Circuits and
Armed Forces, the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Before entering the legal profession, he was a Systems Analysis Engineer at Sperry
Corporation (now known as Lockheed Martin). As a Systems Analysis Engineer, under
a government security clearance, he designed, developed, implemented, and
analyzed computer software utilizing sophisticated high-powered mathematical
techniques for nuclear submarine navigation and weapons systems.