Michelle M. Kemp

Michelle M. Kemp


Perkins Coie LLP

Recognized since 2013

Madison, Wisconsin

Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

Litigation - Intellectual Property

Litigation - Patent

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Michelle Umberger is a partner in the Patent Litigation and Intellectual
Property Litigation practices. A registered patent attorney, she has focused
her practice exclusively on intellectual property litigation for more than a
decade. Michelle manages complex, high-stakes cases involving a wide range of
technologies, including patents relating to microprocessors, medical devices,
antibody libraries, genetically-engineered plants and mechanical devices. She
represents both established international companies and startups in patent
infringement, false patent marking, trademark, trade dress and unfair
competition litigation. Michelle is also trusted to represent university
technology transfer offices in their most significant patent infringement cases.

Location
  • 33 East Main Street, Suite 201
    Madison, WI 53703-3095
Education
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison, J.D., graduated 1997
Bar Admissions
  • Wisconsin, State Bar of Wisconsin
  • District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association - Member
  • Federal Circuit Bar Association - Member
  • Seventh Circuit Bar Association - Member
  • Wisconsin Bar Association - Member

Perkins Coie LLP
Headquarters: Seattle, Washington

262 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

274 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Litigation - Patent, Madison (2025)
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property, Madison (2023)
  • Litigation - Patent, Madison (2023)
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property, Madison (2018)
  • Litigation - Patent, Madison (2015)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Patent
Awards:
  • Received the "Women in the Law" award from the Wisconsin Law Journal, 2012
  • Listed in Wisconsin Super Lawyers, (Rising Star - Intellectual Property Litigation), 2006 and 2007
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice

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