Catherine Nyarady
Key details
- Job title: Chair of Patent Litigation Group
- Firm: Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP
- Jurisdiction: US
Catherine Nyarady is one of the leading patent litigators in the US, consistently securing landmark trial victories in multi-billion-dollar technology and life sciences disputes and shaping outcomes in some of the most closely watched IP cases before US courts.
She secured a jury verdict in Qualcomm’s favour in December 2024 and achieved a resounding post-trial victory in September 2025, including success on judgment as a matter of law and defeating Arm’s efforts to overturn the verdict.
Her broader experience includes significant high-value representations across multiple industries.
Nyarady is also a respected IP scholar and commentator. She co-authors a regular IP litigation column in the New York Law Journal, and wrote the ‘Settling Patent Cases’ chapter in Settlement Agreements in Commercial Disputes.
