Steven Hollman is a partner in the Business Trial Practice Group in the firm's Washington, D.C. office and Leader of the Trade Secrets Team.
Areas of Practice
Steven has jury-tried patent, trademark and advertising cases during his career expanding over 35 years and has successfully tried section 337 patent and trademark investigations before the ITC. Steve has handled numerous labeling and advertising disputes for major pharma and food companies, including class action advertising litigation, and for pharmaceutical innovators and life sciences companies. He also puts his advocacy skills to use, arguing successfully before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
In addition to his IP practice, Steven has handled numerous contract disputes; internet, telecommunications and high-technology disputes; health provider, health insurance and CMS conflicts; professional negligence matters; real estate and land use disputes; and employment litigation. His vibrant pro bono practice has included a broad range of civil rights and constitutional law cases involving claims under the First, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution; the Voting Rights Act; the National Environmental Policy Act; the Administrative Procedure Act; Title VI; and federal immigration laws. He has been President of the Court of Federal Claims Bar Association, a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Bar Association for Maryland and Co-Chair of the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
Steven has been a top-rated lawyer in IP from 2012-2019 and recognized by Super Lawyers in its IP section from 2013-2019. He has had a Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating from 2000-2019 and enjoys a current Judicial AV Preeminent Rating, and he has been named repeatedly as an IP Star by Managing IP Magazine.
