Steven Auvil Email Address

Office Managing Partner, Cleveland

Squire Sanders & Dempsey

I am the Managing Partner of the Cleveland office of the international law firm Squire Patton Boggs. Before this role, I served nearly a decade as leader of the firm's US intellectual property and technology litigation practice. My practice focuses on intellectual property (IP) disputes. Based on experience as an engineer and patent lawyer, I am familiar with a wide variety of technologies, including complex control systems, power electronics, communication systems, medical devices, mechanical and electro-mechanical systems, software systems, and various consumer products. I have been listed in Chambers USA Leading Lawyers since 2007 and The Best Lawyers in America since 2006. In more than 25 years of practicing law, I have served as lead trial counsel and successfully represented clients in numerous patent, trade secret, copyright and trademark/trade dress cases in federal district courts throughout the US. I have also argued several patent-related appeals before the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In addition, I have handled a large number of disputes before US administrative agencies, including 337 actions before the US International Trade Commission and proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeals Board. I have also represented clients in IP-related disputes before arbitration tribunals. While my practice focus is in litigation, I have considerable non-litigation experience, including counseling clients on IP matters, preparing and prosecuting patent applications, and negotiating agreements that involve IP. I am an active member in a number of professional organizations, including the American Bar Association, the Naples Roundtable, Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA), ITC Trial Lawyers Association and the Federal Circuit Bar Association. I previously served as President of CIPLA, and I am the inaugural and current President of The Kathleen M. O’Malley American Inn of Court.