Robert Mark Halligan

Robert Mark Halligan

FisherBroyles, LLP • Chicago, IL
Antitrust Trade LawGeneral PracticeIntellectual Property LitigationPersonal InjuryReal Estate

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Contact

Email
Phone
(855) 903-2524
Address
203 N La Salle St, Chicago, IL, 60601-1226, US

Professional

About

I am a jury trial lawyer with outstanding litigation and trial teams staffed for emergency matters and major national cases at FisherBroyles, LLP. We accept and utilize alternative fee arrangements. My litigation and trial experience over many years is cutting-edge, diversified and encompasses all aspects of intellectual property litigation: patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and antitrust, licensing, economic and cyber-espionage. Co-counsel and local counsel arrangements work well in addition to lead trial counsel assignments. Strategic counseling also plays a big role in my day-to-day practice. My goal is to provide top-tier legal services at lower costs with project management budgets, litigation support outsourcing, and elimination of wasteful overhead. The FisherBroyles Law Firm 2.0® business model allows FisherBroyles to produce high quality work product, deliver it faster and more efficiently, and offer rates that are logical, predictable, and flexible. I am the General Editor of the Illinois Institute Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) Intellectual Property Law Handbook; I serve on the Adjunct Faculty of John Marshall Law School where I teach Advanced Trade Secrets Law; I am a Past President of the Intellectual Property Association of Chicago (IPLAC). I am recognized as a "go-to"​ intellectual property lawyer by CHAMBERS, LEGAL 500, BEST LAWYERS, SUPER LAWYERS and LEADING LAWYERS. Managing Intellectual Property magazine has selected me as an "IP STAR".

About Antitrust Trade Law

Antitrust attorneys handle matters involving competition law, market practices, and trade regulations. They help businesses comply with antitrust laws and defend against claims. Common matters include price fixing, monopoly claims, merger review, trade practices.

Credentials

Education
1978 Northwestern University School of Law Juris Doctor 1975 University of Cincinnati BA - Bachelor of Arts
Languages
English

Recognition & Involvement

Awards
2018 Innovation Award, Trade Secret Examiner 2017 America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Intellectual Property, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2017 Leading Lawyer in Trade Secrets Litigation, Legal 500 United States 2017 The Best Lawyers in America Litigation – Intellectual Property, The Best Lawyers in America Litigation – Intellectual Property 2017 SuperLawyer--R. MARK HALLIGAN, Thompson Reuters
Publications
2018 Weyand Associates, Inc. Trade Secret Asset Management 2018: A Guide to Information Asset Management Including RICO and Blockchain 2017 Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Intellectual Property Law Handbook General Editor and Contributor 2016 ISBN 978-0-9970709-0-3 Available on Amazon 270 Pages Trade Secret Asset Management: A Guided to Information Asset Management 2016 Wolters Kluwer publication The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 Handbook 2014 Managing Intellectual Property: IP STARS; The Definitive Guide to Leading IP Firms and Lawyers Trade Secrets: The Untapped Asset in the New Economy
Associations
2017 - 2018 Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago Vice-Chair Trade Secrets Committee 2012 - 2014 US Group of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property Steering Committee 2012 - 2015 Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriete Intellectuelle U.S. Representative, AIPPI Nominating Committee 2012 - 2014 American Intellectual Property Law Association Steering Committee, AIPLA-US Division of AIPLA 2010 - 2012 Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle Vice President
Speaking
2017 University of Missouri Center for Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship March 10, 2017 Implementing and Evaluating the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) 2017 LES Wisconsin University Club of Milwaukee May 3, 2017 Protection of U.S. Trade Secret Assets: Critical Amendments to the Economic Espionage Act 2017 LES Madison Wisconsin April 27, 2017 Protection of U.S. Trade Secret Assets: Update on the Defend Trade Secrets Act 2017 IPO 2017 Damages & Injunctions Committee Conference, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago, IL June 7, 2017 Recent Developments in DTSA Damages and Injunctions 2017 American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) 2017 Trade Secret Law Summit March 2-3, 2017 Trade Secrets: EEA/DTSA and RICO Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
Updated: Mar 08, 2026