Jeff Toney, a member of Sutherland’s Intellectual Property Practice Group, is an intellectual property litigator who tries patent infringement, trade secret and unfair competition cases. His litigation experience includes trials before juries, judges and special masters in both federal and state courts. A former chemist, Jeff litigates technical cases in many fields including patent matters in the biotech, pharmaceutical, chemical, materials, communications, mechanical and electronic arts. He also tries commercial disputes concerning technology issues arising from the design and manufacture of products ranging from pharmaceuticals and delivery systems to athletic shoes.

Jeff has tried dozens of cases as lead counsel. During the past five years alone, he tried six patent cases to judgment. The annual value of the markets involved exceeded $5 billion.

Jeff also serves as counsel in transnational arbitration matters. His experience includes proceedings before the International Chamber of Commerce; the Zürich and Stockholm Chambers of Commerce; the London Court of International Arbitration; and the American Arbitration Association. These matters were conducted in many venues in Europe, the United States and Latin America and involved questions of inventorship and ownership of intellectual property rights of every kind.

Before practicing law, Jeff worked as a physical chemist. His published research received financing from the MesoAmerican Institute and the Tulane Fund.