Cecilia Dickson
Key details
- Job title: Partner
- Firm: Webb Rice Professional Corporation
- Jurisdiction: US
Cecilia Dickson is an accomplished trial lawyer with deep experience in IP litigation and a proven track record of success in complex, high-stakes disputes.
Her practice spans patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, contract and tort claims, as well as non-compete enforcement and unfair competition claims.
She also handles regulatory investigations and governmental inquiries, and provides e-discovery strategies.
Dickson manages and oversees Webb’s trademark practice, and has significant experience crafting global brand protection strategies for clients across many varied industries.
She has served as lead trial counsel, and has experience handling cases involving cutting-edge technologies, including telecommunications, optics, software, electrical and mechanical systems, and sustainable building materials.
Her clients span a wide array of sectors—from medical devices, robotics, and nutritional science, to fashion, consumer goods, hospitality, and the energy industry.
She has represented clients before federal and state trial and appellate courts, as well as before the US International Trade Commission, the Court of International Trade, the American Arbitration Association, and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
An authority in trademark law, Dickson oversees prosecution, enforcement, licensing, and strategic brand management for national and international trademark portfolios.
She is frequently called upon for IP due diligence in corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and licensing and technology transfer arrangements.
She is a court-approved mediator for the Western District of Pennsylvania, where she has also been appointed as an e-discovery special master and served on the advisory committee for the local patent rules.
A prolific author and sought-after speaker, Dickson lectures regularly on IP litigation, e-discovery, IP strategy, legal ethics, and risk management. In 2026, she became Webb’s first female chair of its management committee.