Bio

Roger Denning is a trial lawyer specializing in complex litigation, including patent infringement and other technology-related cases. As lead counsel, Roger has helped some of the world’s best-known companies win their most important cases. Roger has tried patent cases to verdict throughout the country, particularly in the patent-heavy dockets in U.S. District Courts in California, Texas, and Delaware, as well as at the U.S. International Trade Commission. Roger also has tried to verdict a number of complex commercial cases, including in the areas of products liability, unfair competition, and the False Claims Act. Roger also has advised clients in inter partes review proceedings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. An engineer by training, Roger has experience teaching juries and judges about a wide variety of technologies, including medical devices, pharmaceuticals, computer software, semiconductors, network interfaces, satellite communications, and golf ball design. Roger joined Fish in 2003, after beginning his career with Brown & Bain in Phoenix. He has been the managing principal of Fish’s San Diego office since 2009. Previously, Roger served as the firm’s nationwide hiring principal from 2008 to 2014, and he served on the firm’s seven-member management committee from 2013 to 2017.