James D Mitchell

Jay Mitchell is a litigator focusing in complex patent litigation within Arnold & Porter's Intellectual Property & Technology practice group. Leveraging his background in engineering, Jay has represented clients across a range of technical sectors, including telecommunications, secure messaging, VPN technology, computer software, sporting equipment and infrastructure, and materials sciences.

Jay’s practice encompasses all phases of patent litigation, including district court infringement and invalidity lawsuits, post-grant proceedings before the USPTO, and appeals to the Federal Circuit. His practice also extends to advising and representing clients in other matters relating to intellectual property, including trademark infringement, unfair competition, false advertising, and licensing disputes.

Jay received his J.D. with a Certificate in Intellectual Property Law from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he served as the Managing Editor of the Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property. As an undergraduate, he received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Illinois

Supreme Court of Illinois

Since 2018

Michigan

State Bar of Michigan

Since 2024

Senior Associate

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

2025 - Current

Attorney

Lee Sheikh & Haan LLC

2022 - 2025

Attorney

Mulherin, Rehfeldt & Varchetto PC

2018 - 2022

Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology

J.D. (2018) | Law

2015 - 2018

Activities: 2017-2018 Managing Editor for Chicago-Kent Journal of IP Law (Additionally Web Editor (Spring 2017) and Associate Editor (Fall 2016)) Member of Intellectual Property Law Society Member of American Constitution Society for Law and Policy

University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

B.S. (2015) | Mechanical Engineering

2011 - 2015

Honors: Minor in Mathematics

CALI Excellence for the Future Award – Legal Analytics

CALI

State Bar of Illinois

Member

Current