Justin M. Barnes is a Principal in the Southern California office of Fish & Richardson P.C. His practice emphasizes intellectual property/technology litigation including patent, trade secret, and contract matters. He has extensive experience with MPEG audio and video compression standards (both encoding and decoding), as well as other audio and video standards, digital and analog circuitry, and other complex technologies. Mr. Barnes' experience also includes managing day-to-day operations of complicated cases, drafting and arguing claim construction and summary judgment motions, drafting post-trial and appellate briefs, and working with expert witnesses. He has both trial and appellate experience, with forums including S.D. Cal, C.D. Cal, E.D. Tex., and the Federal Circuit.
Mr. Barnes is the director of attorney training in the San Diego office, teaches courses for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, and additionally has substantial training in oral advocacy, written advocacy, and leadership and management skills.