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Marta M. Chou

Marta M. Chou
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Marta M. Chou

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Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.
2800 LaSalle Plaza
800 LaSalle Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55402

Phone: 612.349.8500
Toll Free: 1.800.553.9910
Fax: 612.339.4181

Practice Groups

Experience

  • Represents corporations and individuals in a variety of business litigation and patent litigation matters, including patent, trade secret, commercial contract, false advertising and deceptive trade practices disputes.
  • Member of trial team defending Fortune 500 company against variety of business tort allegations.
  • Represented medical device company in commercial dispute involving the sale of certain assets.
  • Represents medical device company in patent infringement suit involving spinal implants.
  • Represented medical device company against claims of patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation relating to embolic protection technologies.
  • Participated in patent infringement litigation involving solid detergent cast for use in commercial washing machines.
  • Participated in patent infringement litigation involving LCD displays.
  • Member of trial team and appellate counsel for Guardian ad Litem in a complex termination of parental rights trial involving multiple parties and the application of the federal Indian Child Welfare Act and Minnesota Child Welfare Law. 

Other Experience

  • Member, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. Diversity Committee (2005-present)
  • Adjunct Professor in Advanced Advocacy Course, William Mitchell College of Law (2005-present)
  • Judicial Intern to the Honorable Diane S. Sykes, Wisconsin Supreme Court (2002-2003)

Recognition

  • Named as one of the "25 on the Rise, Lideres Hispanos for 2006" by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Minnesota**
  • Named as one of the "2006 Up and Coming Attorneys" by Minnesota Lawyer**
**Being named to the list or receiving the award is not intended and should not be viewed as comparative to other lawyers or to create an expectation about results that might be achieved in a future matter.

Memberships

  • Minnesota State Bar Association
  • Wisconsin State Bar Association
  • Chair, Minnesota State Bar Association Diversity Committee, 2005-2008
  • Minnesota State Bar Association Diversity Implementation Task Force, 2007-2008
  • American Bar Association
  • Federal Bar Association
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Hispanic National Bar Association
  • Co-chair, Minnesota Minority Recruitment Conference, 2005

Civic Associations

  • Minnesota Supreme Court Guardian ad Litem Program, Volunteer Lawyer

Bar Admissions

  • Minnesota
  • Wisconsin
  • U.S. District Court, Minnesota
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin

Education

  • University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D. (2003), Articles Editor, Wisconsin International Law Journal
  • Honors College and James Madison College at Michigan State University, B.A., International Relations and Political Theory & Constitutional Democracy, cum laude (1999)

Selected Speeches

  • Candid Advice for Your First Years of Practice
    2008 New Lawyer Experience, Minnesota CLE, Minneapolis, Minnesota (January 10, 2008)
  • The State of Diversity in the Minnesota Bar
    Diversity Committee of the MSBA and MSBA Task Force on Diversity in the Profession, Brainerd, Minnesota (June 23, 2006)
  • Minnesota Trial Lawyers' Association Ethics and Elimination of Bias Seminar
    Minnesota Trial Lawyers' Association, Minneapolis, MN (May 24, 2006)
  • From the Classroom to the Courtroom: Creating a Diversity Pipeline
    Diversity Committee of the MSBA and Minnesota CLE, Minneapolis, Minnesota (April 10, 2006)
  • Diversity in Minnesota’s Legal Community: Success Stories
    Diversity Committee for the MSBA and Minnesota CLE, Minneapolis, Minnesota (May 2, 2005)

* Past results are reported to provide the reader with an indication of the type of litigation in which we practice and do not and should not be construed to create an expectation of result in any other case as all cases are dependent upon their own unique fact situation and applicable law.

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