Ameer Gado is a member of the Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property Service Groups. His practice focuses on commercial litigation and intellectual property litigation, representing both plaintiffs and defendants, in a wide range of industries including e-commerce, biotechnology, telecommunications, banking/finance, product packaging, and business methods.

Mr. Gado has significant trial experience, having second-chaired two high-stakes trials in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in 2010 and 2011 and first-chaired a civil rights trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois in 2009. He has presented oral argument before the Missouri Court of Appeals, first-chaired a hearing before the American Arbitration Association, and participated in numerous preliminary injunction hearings in U.S. District Court. Mr. Gado also does significant pro bono work, including defending multiple clients against Missouri Incarceration Reimbursement Act claims, representing a client in federal civil rights litigation, and successfully obtaining a client’s release in 2012 after thirty years of wrongful incarceration.

Mr. Gado received his undergraduate degree in biology from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and worked for three years as a molecular biology research fellow with the National Institutes of Health.

Select Representations

• Semi-Materials Co., Ltd. et al. v. MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. et al. (E.D. Mo.) (eliminated two of five claims at summary judgment and obtained jury verdict on tortious interference claim at trial).
• Epic Games, Inc. v. Roger Altmeyer d/b/a Saint Louis Mod Shop (S.D. Ill.) (obtained ex-parte temporary restraining order and U.S. Marshal seizure order against video game pirater).
• ASi Industries, GmbH v. MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. et al. (E.D. Mo.) (successfully defended summary judgment motions in breach of contract and patent infringement litigation; negotiated favorable settlement).
• Alzheimer’s Institute of America v. Pfizer, Inc. (E.D. Mo.) (litigated patent infringement claims relating to Alzheimer’s Disease research technologies; negotiated favorable settlement).
• George Allen Jr. v. Dormire (Mo. Cir. Ct.) (obtained writ of habeas corpus ordering release of client after 30 years of wrongful incarceration).
• Express Scripts, Inc. v. Intel Corporation (E.D. Mo.) (successfully resisted motion to dismiss declaratory judgment action in trademark dispute; negotiated favorable settlement).
• American Equity Mortgage, Inc. v. Vinson et al. (E.D. Mo.) (obtained denial of motion for preliminary injunction).
• American Legion v. American Legion (E.D. Mo.) (represented National American Legion in trademark infringement action).
• Triumph Pharmaceuticals v. Discus Dental (E.D. Mo.) (defended Discus Dental against allegations of false advertising; negotiated favorable settlement).
• St. James Winery, Inc. v. Illinois Cellars (E.D. Mo.) (obtained denial of motion for temporary restraining order on trademark and trade dress claims).
• Johnson et al. v. Certegy Check Services, Inc. (S.D. Ill.) (successfully resisted class certification).
• Flagship Industries, Inc. v. Minard et al. (S.D. Ill.) (represented Flagship in federal unfair competition and trade secret misappropriation lawsuit).
• Karsten Manufacturing Corp. v. Allen (N.D. Ill. Bankr.) (represented Karsten in enforcement of $2.1 million attorneys’ fees award).
• Sparks v. Lucent Techs. and AT&T Corp. (Madison County, Ill.) (defended Lucent and AT&T against $15 billion class action suit).

Bar and Court Admissions

Missouri, 2001

Illinois, 2003

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

United States District Courts for the Southern District of Illinois and Eastern District of Missouri

Education

Washington University, J.D., 2001

Washington University, B.A., 1994