Mr. Walters is a partner and chair of the Palo Alto litigation department. His practice focuses on intellectual property and complex business litigation for high technology companies and individuals, including in patent, trade secret, copyright, trademark and unfair competition cases. He has represented clients in the biotechnology, software, medical device, semiconductor and other industries in federal and state court, as well as in interference proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Walters was a member of the trial team representing the University of California in patent litigation against Genentech over a pioneering biotechnology patent involving human growth hormone, which resulted in a $200,000,000 settlement. He was also a member of the trial team in U.S. ex rel Boisvert v. FMC Corporation , which resulted in the largest jury verdict ever in a case of its kind and a judgment of approximately $90,000,000.

Mr. Walters graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School in 1990, where he was Articles Editor of the Michigan Law Review , and named to the Order of the Coif. He received his B.S. Ch.E. in 1985 from the University of Michigan. Mr. Walters is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Mr. Walters is on the Executive Committee of the High Technology Law Section of the Santa Clara County Bar Association, and is a Member of the Science & Technology, Litigation & Intellectual Property Sections of the American Bar Association, and the Intellectual Property and Litigation Sections of the State Bar of California.

Member of the trial team representing the University of California in patent litigation against Genentech over a pioneering biotechnology patent involving human growth hormone, which resulted in a $200,000,000 settlement.

Member of the trial team in U.S. ex rel Boisvert v. FMC Corporation, which resulted in the largest jury verdict ever in a case of its kind and a judgment of approximately $90,000,000.