Ryan Maister is an IP litigation associate in the Los Angeles office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Ryan concentrates his practice on patent and trade secret litigation. Ryan has worked on a variety of complex matters involving diverse technologies, including medical devices, semiconductors and fleet telematics software. On the plaintiff-side, Ryan was part of a team in July of 2024 who secured a multi-million dollar jury verdict for a fleet telematics provider in a multi-patent case brought in San Diego, California. On the defense side, Ryan was part of the team who secured a complete defense jury verdict for Samsung in February of 2024 in a multi-patent case brought in Waco, Texas alleging $4 billion in damages, which would have been the largest patent verdict in U.S. history.
Ryan has experience with various stages of litigation, including pre-litigation evaluation, fact discovery, expert discovery, motion practice, trial and post-trial briefing. His experience includes motion drafting, preparing witnesses for depositions, trial preparation and expert witness preparation, including for expert reports, depositions and trial. Ryan is also active in pro bono matters.
