E. Danielle Thompson Williams

Partner

Danielle Williams is a member of the Patent Litigation Team. She has extensive trial and arbitration experience, having handled a wide range of business disputes, including patent infringement, securities fraud and complex contract matters in a number of federal and state courts. Since 2004, she has concentrated her practice on patent litigation. She has represented companies in patent infringement actions in North Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Minnesota, Florida, Delaware, Puerto Rico, California and Oklahoma. She has litigated patents in a wide range of technologies, including software, computer hardware, Internet and e-commerce systems, medical devices, pharmaceuticals and telecommunications. Ms. Williams has extensive experience in handling high-risk, multi-patent, multi-product, multi-defendant cases. She regularly advises clients regarding various pre-suit patent litigation issues, including indemnity obligations, declaratory judgment options and other matters. She has authored articles on patent litigation, electronic discovery and time management and has presented CLEs on patent litigation and electronic discovery. Ms. Williams is also co-chair of the firm’s Women’s Initiative and serves as a member of the firm’s Partnership Committee.

Professional & Community Activities

American Red Cross, Northwest North Carolina Chapter, Board of Directors

Athena's Run for GYN Cancers, Board of Directors and Secretary

Brenner Children’s Hospital, Advisory Board Vice Chair

Center for Women in Business, Salem College, Advisory Board

The Enrichment Center, Board Member (former)

National Association of Women Lawyers, Member

Wake Forest University School of Law, Adjunct Professor and Coach of the National Trial Court Team (2003-2010)

Education

  • Wake Forest University, J.D. (1996)
  • Wake Forest University, M.B.A. (1996)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., English and Spanish (1992)

Bar Admissions

  • North Carolina (1996)

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Who We Are

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Winston-Salem, NC, 27101-2400
USA
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E. Danielle Thompson Williams

Experience Highlights

Patent litigation for open-source software company
The firm served as lead counsel on behalf of an open-source software company in a patent infringement suit brought by competitor related to more
Representative Pending Patent Litigation
Ingeniador, LLC v. Alfresco Software, Inc., et al. (D. P.R.)
Tagged, Inc. v. FotoMedia Technologies, LLC (N.D. Cal.)
more
DataTreasury Corp. v. Wachovia Corp., et al.
DataTreasury Corp. v. Wells Fargo & Co., et al.

Lead counsel for Wachovia Bank, Branch Banking & Trust Company, M&T Bank and Comerica Bank against DataTreasury in patent more

Patent litigation for a clinical laboratory services provider
The firm served as lead counsel on behalf of a clinical laboratory services provider, plaintiff, in a lawsuit pending in the Eastern District of more