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Christina A. Ondrick
Partner
Overview
Christina Ondrick is an accomplished trial lawyer who focuses on patent litigation in nearly every significant patent jurisdiction, including the International Trade Commission, District of Delaware, Northern District of California, Eastern District of Texas, Eastern District of Virginia, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Christina has litigated patent cases for over 20 years, including as co-lead counsel in over ten lawsuits that went to trial.
Christina specializes in complex infringement cases and has achieved numerous successes in a range of technical fields including telecommunications, semiconductors, consumer electronics, medical devices, metallurgy, robotics, power tools, and static displays. In addition, she has extensive experience in handling trade secret, unfair competition, and antitrust claims. Christina is experienced in managing and coordinating multijurisdictional disputes that involved parallel actions in district courts, the ITC, USPTO and foreign jurisdictions. She works with diverse clients and cases that range from high-profile, competitor versus competitor “bet the company” litigations for Fortune 500 companies to smaller litigations for rapidly growing businesses.
Christina’s trial skills have garnered recognition from The Legal 500, IAM 1000, Lawdragon Leading 500 Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers. IAM 1000 recognized Christina for her “ability to quickly grasp complex technologies and devise winning arguments for clients in patent infringement suits.” She is also a speaker and thought leader concerning intellectual property developments.
Christina is the Moderator for the Washington, D.C. Chapter of ChIPs, an organization dedicated to advancing and connecting women in technology, law and policy. She is also a leading member of ChIP’s Innovation Initiative, which seeks to advance women inventors and innovators.
Prior to her legal career, Christina was an engineer working in the oil, gas and specialty chemical industries, providing engineering services to chemical, petrochemical, and energy companies. She advised clients on engineering design, risk reduction, and loss prevention.
Credentials
Education
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D.), magna cum laude
- West Virginia University (B.S.)
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- Ranked by IAM Patent 1000 as bronze in Washington, D.C., for patent litigation (2023)
- Recognized in the guide to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America (2022, 2024)
- Recognized as one of the top ITC patent litigators in the United States by The Legal 500 (2020)
- Named one of the top-rated intellectual property litigation attorneys in Washington, D.C. metro area by Super Lawyers (2018-2019, 2023-2024)
- Speaker at the 15th Annual Practitioners’ Think Tank on ITC litigation & Enforcement, 2023
- Speaker at UCLA’s LABEST (LA’s Bioscience Ecosystem Summit), 2023
- Panelist at the IPWatchdog Masters Program – Standards, Patents & Competition, 2022
- Moderator of Fireside Chat with Magistrate Judge Jennifer Hall of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, 2022
- Moderator for a Fireside Chat with ALJ MaryJoan McNamara and Attorney Advisor Jae Lee of the USITC presented by the DC Chapter of ChIPs, 2022
- ChIPs’ Off-the-Record Conversation with Meena Harris, Moderator, 2021
- AIPLA Mid-Winter Institute, Speaker, The Halo Effect, 2018