Kim Mottley is a partner in Proskauer’s Litigation Department. She counsels clients facing complex intellectual property disputes, primarily focusing on patent and trademark infringement matters. Kim navigates her clients through all phases of litigation, including strategic case preparation, obtaining temporary restraining orders, discovery, Markman hearings, settlement negotiations and alternative dispute resolution, trial and appeals before the Federal Circuit. She partners with clients to find creative and efficient ways to meet their business objectives.
Kim’s patent litigation clients spans across the technology and life sciences industries, including biosimilars, immunology and diagnostic devices, medical devices and instruments, RFID, telecommunications, smartphones, tablets, live chat, automotive pistons, high-density plasma cutting torches, semiconductor manufacturing technology, nanotechnology, and financial instruments. Kim helps her retail industry clients to protect and enforce their most valued trademark assets. She is also active in the Firm's pro bono efforts.
Benchmark Litigation names Kim a Future Star for the past few years. In 2018, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly honored Kim as a "Top Woman of Law," a recognition for individuals who have made significant contributions to the legal profession while also serving as role models for young women entering the law. In 2014, Kim was named one of The National Law Journal’s Boston Rising Stars, which recognizes Boston’s 40 most promising lawyers under the age of 40 who are considered innovators with strong leadership qualities. Kim has also been recognized by Massachusetts Super Lawyers Magazine as a "Rising Star" and as among the "Top Women Attorneys in Massachusetts" for several years.
magna cum laude
Order of the Coif
summa cum laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Benchmark Litigation, Future Star 2019-2021
Benchmark Litigation Under 40 Hot List 2016-2017
Best Lawyers in America 2020-2021
National Law Journal's “Boston Rising Star” 2014
Massachusetts Super Lawyers "Rising Stars" 2012-2017
Massachusetts Super Lawyers: The Top Women Attorneys in Massachusetts 2013-2018
Massachusetts Weekly, Top Women in Law Honoree, 2018
Oxford Immunotec Ltd. V. Qiagen N.V., Qiagen, Inc. et al. (D. Mass.) Represented Oxford in successfully asserting infringement of six patents related to tuberculosis diagnosis resulting in a public $27.5 million payment to Oxford on the eve of the trial
MobileMedia Ideas, LLC v. Apple Inc. (D. Del.) Trial counsel for MobileMedia in victory against Apple, in which the jury found certain iPhone models infringed a Sony patent concerning silencing the ringtone of incoming calls
ConforMIS, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc. (D. Mass.) Represented ConforMIS in patent case involving patient-specific surgical instruments and implants