Practice Areas

Consumer Products Development
Data and Privacy
Intellectual Property Litigation
Intellectual Property Strategic Counseling
Licensing
Patents
Patent Litigation
Software Audits
Trademark and Trade Dress Litigation
Trademarks & Copyrights
Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition

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U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court of Minnesota
U.S. District Court of Montana
U.S. District Court of Nevada
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U.S. District Court of Vermont
United States Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington

Greg Sitrick

Partner

Phone: 602.457.5059
Email: gsitrick@messner.com
Office: Phoenix

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BackgroundEducation & HonorsAwards

Greg Sitrick leads Messner Reeves’ national intellectual property group from the firm’s Phoenix, Arizona office.

Greg focuses his practice primarily on IP litigation but still assists clients with all aspects of intellectual property-related rights. Greg has an established reputation for developing creative solutions so that his clients can obtain, license, protect, and enforce their intellectual property rights, and there are plenty of reported statistics to back it up.

Intellectual Property in Entrepreneurship

Greg’s experiences allow him to counsel on a variety of issues from small nominal matters to large bet-the-company type matters, with clients ranging from barely funded start-ups to international multi-billion-dollar corporations. His clients see him as a business partner and voted him a BTI client all-star in 2014 and again in 2019. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America® every year since 2018 for IP Litigation.

Intellectual Property in Business

At a high level, Greg is an intellectual property attorney focused on being both a businessman as well as a legal advisor for his clients. He is a named inventor on a patent himself and has a passion for protecting inventors’ intellectual property and helping them utilize IP property as an asset. On the business side, he helps clients prioritize their needs and figure out an overall game plan for their IP, rather than simply covering the legal aspects of IP prosecution and enforcement. Greg counsels his clients on what to accomplish first, what to hold back for the time being, how to allocate resources, and how to build IP plans for the long term. Greg is an equally reliable resource on the legal side, particularly when clients need to litigate.

Additional Information

Before attending law school, Greg earned a degree in Electrical Engineering and then worked for Intelligent Resources Integrated Systems, U.S. Robotics/3COM, and MPC Products Corporation. He has hands-on experience with video technology including green-screen technologies and MPEG authoring technologies, communications technology including modems and communication devices, and aeronautical/aerospace engineering technologies such as components and systems for fighter jets, space shuttles, commercial aircraft, military helicopters, tanks, and GPS-guided bombs.

Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2003)
Northern Arizona University (B.S.E.E., 2000)
- Major: Electrical Engineering

Best Lawyers in America – 2018 – present
BTI Client All-Star Award: 2014 & 2019

Community Involvement

Extern to the Honorable Ronald A. Guzman
Assistant Coach, Northwestern University Men’s Varsity Club Hockey Team (2003–2009)
Founder and President of ADHL Hockey Bucks Program – (2017-present)
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Member, 2000-present
Maricopa County Bar Association, Member, 2011-present
Arizona State Chapter, National Wild Turkey Federation, Arizona State Chapter, Board Member, 2014-present
ADHL Bucks Teams, Various Head Coach positions, 2017-2024 – State Champion Teams 2019 and 2024
Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago, Chairman of Field Day Events, 2004 – 2005
Northwestern University Men’s Varsity Club Hockey Team, Assistant Coach, 2003–2009

Representative Experience

Obtained an $18 million dollar damages award in the District of Arizona as lead counsel for infringement of two patents and trademarks representing an international apparel company in a three week jury trial.
Trial counsel for an international metrology company in patent infringement preliminary injunction litigation in the Northern District of Illinois. The case was successfully settled.
Trial counsel for International Game Technology (IGT) in a patent ownership jury trial in the District of Nevada. The case was successfully settled weeks into the trial, after the close of plaintiff’s case, and in response to IGT’s proposed motion for a directed verdict.
Obtained a $17 million dollar damages award in the Northern District of California as trial counsel for infringement of three patents related to hemodialysis machines in a multi-week patent infringement jury trial.
Representing start-up and small technology companies on intellectual property matters to prepare for funding and growth, advising them on intellectual property asset and portfolio building strategies, and enforcing/defending their intellectual property.
Representation of a major outdoor retailer, and various consumer products companies in all aspects of intellectual property counseling and litigation, including defending the company in complex litigations involving patents, trademarks and trade dress, copyrights, trade secrets, and unfair competition; advising on intellectual property asset and portfolio building strategies; and training its employees on the use of intellectual property.