John P. (“Jack”) Corrado’s practice focuses on trial litigation in state and federal courts, with particular expertise in the Eastern District of Virginia, known as the “rocket docket,” which has the fastest civil trial calendar in the federal system. Mr. Corrado has litigated and tried cases there and elsewhere in a wide range of areas, including intellectual property, telecommunications and high technology.

Mr. Corrado is a past President of the Northern Virginia chapter of the Federal Bar Association. In 2004, he was named as one of the Washington area’s top commercial litigators by the Washington Business Journal and as one of Washington’s top intellectual property lawyers by the Washingtonian magazine. Mr. Corrado is also listed in Washington DC Super Lawyers and Virginia Super Lawyers as a top lawyer in intellectual property litigation, business litigation and general litigation. He has lectured to Continuing Legal Education and Bar groups on topics including Patent Litigation; the Use of Experts in Patent Cases; Litigating a Software Copyright Case; Copyrights and Trade Secrets; Professional and Lender Liability; and the Eastern District of Virginia.

Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster, Mr. Corrado was a litigation partner with Hazel & Thomas P.C. where he was a member of the Board of Directors. He was an Adjunct Professor at George Mason University School of Law from 1991 to 1994, and from 1975 to 1977 was a philosophy instructor at Duke University, where he received a Masters Degree in Philosophy and was all-but-dissertation for the doctoral degree.

• Patent Litigation: VOIP and voice mail; patent troll defense: Klausner v. AOL, (E.D.V.A. 2006); Represented AOL.
• Patent Litigation: Satellite receivers and electronic program guides: SuperGuide Corp. v. Directv Enterprises, 358 F.3d 870 (Fed Cir. 2004) 211 F. Supp. 2d, 725 (W.D.N.C. 2002); 169 F. Supp. 2d 492 (W.D.N.C. 2001); 141 F. Supp. 2d 616 (W.D.N.C. 2001); 2002 F.R.D. 460 (W.D.N.C. 2001); Represented Thomson Consumer Electronics and Echostar.
• Patent Litigation: Biotechnology/gene silencing: Benitec v. Nucleonics, (D. Del. 2004); Represented Benitec Australia Ltd.
• Telecom Litigation: Carrier services: Siesta v. Qwest, (W.D. Fla. 2003); Represented Qwest.
• Copyright Litigation: Satellite tracking software: Avtec Sys. v. Peiffer, 21 F.3d 568 (4th Cir. 1994); 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 25901 (4th Cir. 1995); Represented Avtec Systems.
• Securities Fraud and Business Torts: Asset Purchase Agreement: Mueller v. Thomas, 203 U.S. App. LEXIS 25792 (4th Cir. 2003); Represented officers and directors of Net2000.