Areas of Practice
- Clean Energy Technology
- India
- Intellectual Property
- IP Licensing
- IP Litigation
- Patent
- Patent Litigation
- Patent: Mechanical
- Patent: Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
Languages
- French
- Hindi
- Tamil
Education
- Columbia University School of Law, J.D., 2000, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Senior Submissions Editor, Columbia Human Rights Law Review
- Oberlin College, B.A., Biology, concentration in developmental and molecular biology, 1993
Judicial Clerkships
- Law Clerk, Hon. Victor Marrero, US District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2001-2002
Bar & Court Admissions
- District of Columbia
- New York
- US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- US District Court for the Southern District of New York
- US District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Paul Lall
Of Counsel
1330 Connecticut Avenue, NWWashington DC 20036
TEL: 202.429.6741
FAX: 202.429.3902
Paul D. Lall is of counsel in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he is a member of the Intellectual Property group.
Mr. Lall’s experience includes litigation in federal courts of patent matters related to computer science, telecommunications, and consumer products. Mr. Lall has also represented Fortune 500 and large foreign companies in complex civil litigations involving antitrust and securities laws, as well as contractual disputes related to corporate acquisitions.
Prior to joining Steptoe, Mr. Lall served as a trial attorney in the Environmental Division of the US Department of Justice and practiced law for several years at a prominent New York law firm.
Noteworthy
- Judicial Extern, Hon. Sonia Sotomayor, US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1999
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Selected Publications
- Note: Immigrant Farmworkers and the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation2000, 31 Columbia Human Rights Law Review 597
















