Adil Shaikh
Associate
Dallas, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAdil Shaikh is an intellectual property litigator and former software engineer who blends 11 years of technical and legal experience to tackle complex patent disputes. Based in Dallas, he litigated high-stakes IP matters at Fish & Richardson before joining Orrick, bringing deep familiarity with patent prosecution, litigation strategy, and technical subject matter. Prior to law, Adil held engineering roles at Sabre, Cisco, and Nokia, working across big-data platforms, automation, and test engineering—experience that helps him translate dense technical concepts into courtroom-ready arguments. He co-founded Asterisk Solutions, applying product and event-driven thinking to community-building and technical consulting for workshops and hackathons. Known for pairing rigorous legal analysis with hands-on engineering fluency, Adil is particularly adept at litigating software and data-focused patents where implementation details matter.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Juris Doctor (J.D.), Juris Doctor (J.D.) at University of WashingtonBachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas
English, Urdu
Github Skills (5)
javascript3
typescript3
react3
nodejs3
nextjs3
Github contributions (5)
anshaik/anshaik.github.io
Mar 2020 - Nov 2021
Contributions:20 pushes in 1 year 8 months
SALSAUW/SALSAUW.github.io
Oct 2016 - Oct 2017
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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