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Greg Castanias represents clients in appellate and trial courts across the United States — in the U.S. Supreme Court, the courts of appeals, and elsewhere — with an emphasis on intellectual property and cases before the Federal Circuit. He heads Jones Day's Federal Circuit practice.

Some of Greg's recent appellate victories as an oral advocate include Sinochem International Co., Ltd. v. Malaysia Int'l Shipping Corp. (2007), a 9-0 Supreme Court win on an important question of procedure affecting international companies; Finisar Corp. v. DIRECTV Group, Inc. (2008), a Federal Circuit reversal of a $129 million adverse patent infringement judgment; Kyocera Wireless Corp. v. U.S. International Trade Commission (2008), a pathbreaking Federal Circuit decision limiting the ITC's exclusionary authority; and Ball Aerosol & Specialty Container, Inc. v. Limited Brands, Inc. (2009), a Federal Circuit reversal of a multimillion dollar patent infringement judgment, as a matter of law. Other clients in recent matters have included Abbott Laboratories, Boston Scientific, Chevron, DePuy Spine, Eastman Chemical, Fenwal, IBM, LabCorp, Martek, The MathWorks, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, SanDisk, and SiRF.

The Legal 500, an independent publication that evaluates lawyers based on interviews with clients and practitioners from around the globe, singled out Greg in 2008 as one of the leading IP lawyers in the U.S., calling him "A sharp and effective advocate who picks up the details of the matter quickly." Greg is also the lead author of Federal Appellate Practice and Procedure, published by West, and he is an adjunct professor of law at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law-Bloomington.

Legal 500 US Directory — leading intellectual property lawyers (2008); Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers — appellate and intellectual property litigation (2009); Wabash College Richard O. Ristine Law Award (2008)

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Indiana University-Bloomington (J.D. summa cum laude 1990; Order of the Coif; Order of Barristers; Law Journal); Wabash College (A.B. summa cum laude 1987 with distinction in English; Honor Scholar; George Lewes Mackintosh Fellow)

Law Clerk to Judge George C. Pratt, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit (1991-1992)