Steven G. Hill
Top rated Intellectual Property Litigation attorney in Atlanta, Georgia
Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, LLP
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation, Business Litigation; view more
Licensed in Georgia since: 1994
Education: Vanderbilt University Law School
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2005 - 2007, 2015 - 2024 Call today:
800-653-9921
Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, LLP
3625 Cumberland Blvd SESuite 1050
Atlanta, GA 30339 Visit website
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Steven G. Hill is a co-founder of Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, LLP and has an international practice comprised of clients that look to him to represent them in court in a variety of matters. He has achieved trial victories in high-stakes cases involving business tort, fraud, patent, copyright, trademark, civil RICO, trade secrets, frachisor-franchisee, and unfair competition and has recovered over $100 million in combined verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients. Â
After receiving his Bachelor of Arts from Southern Methodist University in 1991, Mr. Hill went on to earn a Juris Doctor from Vanderbilt Law School in 1994. From high school through law school, Mr. Hill excelled in public speaking competitions. In addition to winning a national championship in debate, he was one of only three students in his law school class named to the Vanderbilt national moot court team.
Over the last 27 years, Mr. Hill has handled over 250 cases in over 30 states. His high-profile successes include the victorious trial defense of Moe's Southwest Grill, LLC and its founder against allegations involving fraud and RICO claims brought by 54 Moe's franchisees. He has also handled complex patent cases, including one involving 261 defendants, and another involving the assertion of 25 patents.Â
Mr. Hill has the trial skills, experience, and acumen to handle some of the most complex cases in the country. For his achievements, he has been named a Legal Elite multiple times by Georgia Trend Magazine and also maintains a 10/10 AVVO rating. Since 2014, Intellectual Asset Management has recognized him in its annual edition of the Patent 1000 as one of the top 1000 patent lawyers in the world.
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Practice areas
Intellectual Property Litigation, Business LitigationFocus areas
Trade Secret
- 80% Intellectual Property Litigation
- 20% Business Litigation
First Admitted: 1994, Georgia
Professional Webpage: http://hkw-law.com/attorney/steven-g-hill/
- Patent 1000:Â The World's Leading Practitioners, Intellectual Asset Management
- Legal Elite, Georgia Trend Magazine
- Georgia Super Lawyers Honoree, Thomson Reuters
- Rated 10/10, Avvo
- B.A., cum laude, Southern Methodist University, 1991
- Studied at University College, Oxford, England, 1990
- Serconet v. Netgear, Inc. -- Represented plaintiff in patent infringement case. Â Won 10 out of 10 disputed terms at Markman hearing, which led to confidential settlement on favorable terms at mediation, 2007
- Victorious defense of the world's largest BIOS software company and three Taiwanese computer manufacturers in consolidated patent cases brought in Central District of California alleging infringement of 25 patents.  Successfully invalidated key patents at district court proceeding, won an attorney's fees award of $1.55 million, and instituted numerous inter partes reviews of patents before the PTAB resulting in invalidation of 15 patents., 2016
- Successful settlements of major patent litigation brought on behalf of patent owners in multiple cases brought against Fortune 100 companies., 2017
- Mobile Micromedia Solutions, LLCÂ v. Nissan North America -- Represented plaintiff in patent infringement case. Â Successful at Markman hearing. Â Confidential settlement on eve of trial, 2008
- Victorious trial defense of national franchisor Moe's Southwest Grill and its founder Martin Sprock in civil RICO case brought by 54 Moe's franchisee plaintiffs, raising fraud and racketeering claims relating to alleged kickback in food supply chain, 2015
- Trial victory in a civil RICO case resulting in judgment for $427,000 in Gwinnett County State Court (GA)., 2017
- Shepherd Management, Inc. v. Cantoni LP et al. -- Represented plaintiff in copyright infringement case against national furniture retailer over sales training manuals. Jury verdict for Plaintiff: $1,850,000 in damages, 2011
- Archbrook-Laguna v. SED International. Â Successfully defended SED in RICO case in federal court in New Jersey, and in five-day breach of contract arbitration hearing before AAA in Washington, D.C., 2009
- Successfully represented Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Home Shopping Network, Emeril Lagasse and others in a federal trademark and counterfeiting case , 2013
- Successful settlement of multimillion dollar complex commercial litigation brought in federal court in Delaware against a mid-Atlantic regional health care system., 2018
- Represented Conversant IP, formerly MOSAID Technologies, in patent litigation against ST Microelectronics and Xilinx brought over 9 patents and numerous microprocessor-related products, 2013
- Represented Martin Sprock in negotiations to buy various restaurant chains and other franchise concepts, 2010
- Successful negotiation of patent license agreements for auto telematics and multimedia system patents on behalf of Donner, Inc. with auto companies and OEMs including Toyota, Ford, Honda, Visteon, Clarion and others, 2002
- Successfully licensed Mobile Micromedia Solutions patents to companies including Nissan, GM, Panasonic, BMW,and Hyundai, 2007
- Successfully negotiated patent license agreements on behalf of All care Health Management System, Inc. for groundbreaking health care software and systems integration patent with companies including Anthem, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, GE, Baxter Healthcare, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, and others, 2002
- Led complex multiparty negotiations to resolve large-scale international trade and trademark issues involving counterfeit cutlery on favorable terms, 2014
- Author, Rule 11: Prefiling Considerations for the NPE Lawyer, Practicing Law Institute, Patent Litigation, 2010
- Video Content and the Web: Copy-right or Copy-wrong, Atlanta Internet Video Marketing Association, 2014
- Speaker, The New US Patent Litigation Reality, Intellectual Property Business Conference Asia, Shanghai, 2016
- Speaker, The 2nd International IP Monetization and Commercialization Forum-Suzhou, 2016
- Twice selected as Special Master in trademark and unfair competition cases by the Hon. Charles Pannell, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 2012
- Patient Engagement Advisors, Inc., 2015
- Hooters of America, LLP -- Handled all aspects of domestic and international intellectual property protection, litigation and licensing over the last 15 years, 2015
- Home Shopping Network, 2012
- Genuine Parts Company and its subsidiaries, 2017
- Martin Sprock, founder of Moe's Southwest Grill, LLC. Have represented Mr. Sprock and his ventures since 2004, including business and litigation matters for Moe's, Planet Smoothie, Monkey Joe's, Flying Biscuit, Cowlicks, Shane's Rib Shack and other restaurants, 2004
- Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and Martha Stewart, 2012
- Alpha Comm Enterprises, Inc., 2015
- American Megatrends, Inc., 2015
- SED International -- Handled a variety of trademark and litigation matters for publicly-traded electronics distributor, 2008
- Conversant IP, formerly MOSAID Technologies, 2013
- Automotive
- Cable
- Hospitality
- Microprocessors
- Networking
- Other
- Software
- Wireless
Office location for Steven G. Hill
3625 Cumberland Blvd SE
Suite 1050
Atlanta, GA 30339
Phone: 800-653-9921
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2005 - 2007, 2015 - 2024
