Jason Winchester is a trial lawyer with more than 25 years of experience handling complex litigation for companies large and small. Jason's practice focuses on IP and commercial disputes, and he has tried cases to verdict before judges, juries, and arbitral panels throughout the United States.
Jason has represented clients in numerous high-value IP matters, including a recent jury trial win on infringement and validity against AstraZeneca based on its Tagrisso® product, resulting in an award of $107 million in past damages. Jason also has represented innovator pharmaceutical companies in dozens of infringement disputes under the Hatch-Waxman Act related to market-leading products, including numerous successful trials and appeals. In addition, he has prosecuted and defended patent claims relating to medical and other devices. Jason publishes and speaks frequently about developing issues in IP litigation.
In commercial matters, Jason has handled a variety of high-stakes matters including contract disputes, lottery litigation, product liability, consumer fraud, takeover defense, and alleged violations of the False Claims Act. Early in his career, Jason represented a former prosecutor in a highly publicized, months-long trial involving a group known as the "DuPage 7," in which the client was acquitted.
Outside the office, Jason is an amateur musician, and he and his family work to advance research and awareness of childhood stroke.
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- June 6, 2024
Monetizing Your Intellectual Property: Key Enforcement Considerations - March 22, 2023
Hatch Waxman & BPCIA Fundamentals - ACI's 40th Annual FDA Boot Camp - November 8, 2022
Constitutional and Other Relevant Law on Police-Community Encounters - October 18, 2022
Paragraph IV Disputes and Litigation - ACI Hatch Waxman Boot Camp - October 12, 2022
The Latest Existential Threat: Climate Change and Public Nuisance Litigation - January 24, 2022
Policing First Amendment Activity - January 28, 2021
Overview of Police Reform Legislation - January 28, 2021
Dismantling, Defunding, and Transforming the Police - January 12, 2021
Police Reform: Legal Profession Effecting Change - October 30, 2020
Chicago Police Department Consent Decree - October 30, 2020
Overview of Civilian Police Oversight Boards - April 17, 2019
Truth, Lies and Facts: Best Practices for Witness Interviews - November 8, 2018
The Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine: What In-House Counsel Need to Know - October 2, 2018
The Future of Venue and Jurisdiction: Examining the Latest Interpretations and Applications of TC Heartland, ACI Paragraph IV Disputes Master Symposium - June 7, 2018
IP Right Now: Hot Topics in Patent and Trademark Law - June 1, 2017
Antitrust Issues Arising from Pharmaceutical Drug Product Litigation - December 8, 2016
The Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine: What In-House Counsel Need To Know - June 24, 2016
Are You Exceptional? Recent Developments in the Law of Attorney Fee Shifting and Enhanced Damages - September 30-October 1, 2015
Ethics of Paragraph IV Practice: New Developments Impacting Hatch-Waxman Litigation; American Conference Institute Paragraph IV Disputes Master Symposium - September 30, 2014
It's All About Timing: Exploring the Surge in Premature Paragraph IV Notice Filings and its Consequences, presenter, American Conference Institute Paragraph IV Disputes Master Symposium - June 9-10, 2014
ANDA Litigation 101: Paragraph IV Disputes Primer, co-chair and presenter, American Conference Institute Hatch Waxman Boot Camp - October 4, 2013
Pros and Cons of At-Risk Launches: Lessons from Protonix; American Conference Institute, Master Symposium - Paragraph IV Disputes - December 4, 2012
Divided Infringement: New Rules for Infringement of Method Patents; American Conference Institute - Paragraph IV Disputes - June 7, 2012
Situational Ethics: Privilege Developments That In House Counsel Need to Know, Jones Day Chicago 2012 MCLE University - May 19, 2011
Finding Our Way In the Tort Arena, Jones Day MCLE University - April 10, 2011
The Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine: Trends and Case Law - October 2007
Average Wholesale Price Litigation and Recent Developments in False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Law - September 2007
What's the Case and Controversy? Developments in Declaratory Judgment Law - September 2006
Winning Through Settlement: Strategies for Resolving Class Actions and Multi-Jurisdictional Litigation
- University of Illinois (J.D. summa cum laude 1996; Order of the Coif; Notes and Comments Editor, Law Review; Rickert Awards for Excellence in Academic Achievement and Legal Publication; B.A. 1993)
- Illinois, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Illinois and Eastern District of Michigan, and U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First, Sixth, Seventh, Federal, and District of Columbia Circuits
The Best Lawyers in America — intellectual property (2022)