Thomas Schubert
Thomas Schubert’s practice focuses on complex civil litigation, white collar matters, and appeals. Mr. Schubert has experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants across a variety of subject matters, particularly intellectual property and business disputes.
Before joining MoloLamken, Mr. Schubert served as a law clerk to the Honorable Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. During law school, he received the Judge Thelton E. Henderson Prize for his work in Stanford’s Environmental Law Clinic. In the clinic, he successfully litigated a variety of administrative law cases both supporting and opposing federal agency actions, including under the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. Mr. Schubert also served as a Managing Editor of the Stanford Law Review.
Before attending law school, Mr. Schubert worked as a Legal Assistant in the firm’s New York office.
Representative Matters
- Art museum pursuing trademark and copyright claims related to unauthorized pop-up exhibition
- Global cosmetics company in adversary proceeding regarding pre-bankruptcy debt transactions
- Technology company on appeal to the Federal Circuit from inter partes reviews invalidating semiconductor patents
- Senior manager of federal contractor in multiagency investigation into security and compliance issues
- Former officers and directors of small business investment company defending against fiduciary-duty claims brought by federal agency as receiver
- Software company on appeal to the Federal Circuit in trade-secret and contract dispute
- Small business owner in DOJ investigation into fraud allegations
- Bankruptcy trustee in its petition for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court regarding the scope of the federal securities laws
Publications
News & Appearances
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VLSI Tells Fed. Circ. IPR Should Have Ended After Sanctions, Law360 (July 11, 2024)
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Versata Wants Axed $105M Ford Verdict Revived Or Expanded, Law360 (Mar. 13, 2024)
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Justices Urged To Weigh If Syndicated Loans Are Securities, Law360 (Dec. 19, 2023)
- Louvre Museum Says Digital Mall Simulation Rips Off TM, Law360 (Dec. 2, 2022)
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Clerkships
- Law clerk to the Honorable Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Education
Stanford Law School, J.D.
Managing Editor, Stanford Law Review
Judge Thelton E. Henderson Prize
Hilmer Oehlmann, Jr. Award
Gerald Gunther Prize
Brown University, B.A., magna cum laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Bar and Court Admissions
- Illinois
- United States Courts of Appeals for the 9th and Federal Circuits
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois