Gerald Porter

Gerald Porter is a Senior Associate at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, specializing in complex patent litigation, patent counseling, and related areas of copyright, trademark, and trade secrets since October 2021. Prior to this role, Gerald served as a Managing Associate in Complex Patent Litigation at Troutman Pepper from May 2015 to October 2021, which followed a position as an Associate in Intellectual Property at the same firm, previously known as Troutman Sanders LLP. Earlier experience includes a Judicial Internship at the Court of Appeals of Maryland under the Honorable Sally D. Adkins and a Summer Law Clerk position at Dority & Manning, P.A. Gerald holds a Juris Doctor from The George Washington University Law School and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, along with a high school diploma from Harvard-Westlake School.