Adam Sanderson is an experienced trial lawyer with a proven track record of success in jury cases across the country, especially representing plaintiffs in complex business disputes, false claims cases, whistleblower lawsuits, and patent infringement litigation.
For example, between late 2023 and mid 2024, Adam and his partners at Reese Marketos helped their clients obtain jury verdicts and settlements totaling more than $250 million. Over that brief period, Adam’s clients enjoyed the following wins:
- In November 2023, six months after Reese Marketos formally appeared as trial counsel for a whistleblower plaintiff in a healthcare fraudqui tam action, Adam and his partner Brett Rosenthal led a trial team that secured a $100 million settlement agreement — only two weeks before trial.
- Immediately after that settlement, Adam joined another trial team in another False Claims Act whistleblower case in New Jersey against a subsidiary of one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. Adam played a significant role in the six-week trial, which concluded in June 2024 with a $150 million jury verdict in favor of Adam’s whistleblower plaintiff clients.
- As soon as that trial ended, Adam joined up again with his partner Brett Rosenthal to lead another trial team on behalf of another set of plaintiffs in a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower case. On the day before jury selection and opening statements, Adam helped negotiate a $6.5 million settlement for his clients.
As one of the few commercial trial lawyers in Dallas with a background in computer science, Adam also represents companies and entrepreneurs in complex technology cases, especially those involving patent infringement claims. As the lead trial attorney, Adam has won patent cases in front of juries and before the United States Patent and Appeal Board.
While it is common for commercial litigants to lean on an army of lawyers for their bet-the-company matters, clients frequently depend on Adam and his Reese Marketos colleagues for their most important trials because they thrive in a scrappy environment — one in which they have developed a reputation for winning late-phase, high-stakes cases with a fraction of the preparation time and size of their opposing counsel.
Before law school, Adam worked as a software engineer. His previous career informs the intellectual property aspect of his current one, allowing him the courtroom advantage of synthesizing arcane, technical topics into digestible concepts before juries. Today, Adam has a nationwide trial practice. He has represented clients in trial in multiple federal and state courts around the country, and Adam is licensed to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Notable intellectual property wins Adam has secured over recent years include:
- Obtaining a total defense verdict before a jury in East Texas federal court on behalf of one of the nation’s leading suppliers for law enforcement surveillance technology. The verdict sided with Adam’s client on every issue, invalidating the plaintiff’s patent and wiping out $15 million in sought damages. (Media coverage here in The Texas Lawbook).
- Successfully defending a television streaming company against one of the nation’s largest media and cable television operators in two separate legal challenges with the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) that sought to invalidate a patent owned by Adam’s client.
The following matters represent some of Adam’s other successful litigation experiences:
- Secured a total defense victory in arbitration on behalf of his client, one of the nation’s leading dining services companies;
- Adam teamed up with his partners Pete Marketos and Leslie Chaggaris to win a multimillion-dollar jury verdict and judgment for their plaintiff client in a technology license dispute;
- Adam worked with his partner Joel Reese to win another multimillion-dollar jury verdict and judgment for their client in a complex, real estate fraud case;
- Successfully represented two owners of a Dallas-based software and technology company in a high-stakes partnership breakup;
- Prevailed for the owners of a software development company in a bet-the-business dispute over the right to own and control the company’s proprietary software and source code.