Thomas Schubert

Thomas Schubert focuses his practice on complex, high-stakes business and intellectual property disputes.  He represents plaintiffs and defendants from across a wide range of industries in trial and appellate courts nationwide.  Mr. Schubert is a results-driven, detail-oriented advocate who has played a key role at every stage of litigation—developing case strategy, drafting pleadings, managing discovery, deposing witnesses, briefing critical motions, and examining witnesses at trial.

Before joining MoloLamken, Thomas served as a law clerk to the Honorable Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.  During law school, he received the Judge Thelton E. Henderson Prize for his work in Stanford’s Environmental Law Clinic, where he successfully challenged and defended federal agency actions under the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act.  Mr. Schubert also served as a Managing Editor of the Stanford Law Review.

Before attending law school, Thomas worked as a Legal Assistant in the firm’s New York office.

Representative Matters

• Obtained favorable judgment for famous art museum pursuing trademark and copyright claims related to unauthorized pop-up exhibition

• Obtained favorable settlement for foreign medical-device company pursuing breach-of-contract claims against American distributor

• Defeated summary judgment and obtained favorable settlement for incarcerated plaintiff asserting deliberate indifference claims against prison medical staff under §1983

• Represents software company on appeal before the Federal Circuit in trade secret and contract dispute

• Represents patent owner before the Federal Circuit in appeal from inter partes review involving sanctions proceedings before Director of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

• Represents aircraft conversion company as defendant in case involving trade secret and tortious interference claims

• Represented agricultural sciences company before the Federal Circuit defending the grant of a preliminary injunction concerning the infringement of pesticide patents

• Represented senior-insurance companies as defendants at bench trial in case involving trade secret, breach-of-contract, and tortious interference claims

• Represented patent owner in a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court regarding the rules for prior art printed publications that may be asserted in inter partes review

• Represented bankruptcy trustee in a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court regarding the scope of the federal securities laws

• Represented senior managers of federal contractor in DOJ investigation into security and compliance issues

Publications

• In Antitrust Cases, Recent DOJ Losses Don’t Tell the Whole Story, AmLaw Litigation Daily (July 13, 2023) (with Jennifer Fischell)

Presentations

• Panel, Trade Secrets in the Age of AI, Seventh Circuit Bar Association (May 27, 2026)

News & Appearances

• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week, Law360 (May 29, 2026)
• Fed. Circ. Restores $82M Award Against Ford In IP Fight, Law360 (May 22, 2026)
• Fed. Circ.'s PTAB Prior Art Ruling Risks Havoc, Justices Told, Law360 (Sept. 18, 2025)
• VLSI Urges Fed. Circ. To Punish OpenSky After Vidal Didn't, Law360 (Oct. 25, 2024)
• VLSI Tells Fed. Circ. IPR Should Have Ended After Sanctions, Law360 (July 11, 2024)

• Versata Wants Axed $105M Ford Verdict Revived Or Expanded, Law360 (Mar. 13, 2024)

• Justices Urged To Weigh If Syndicated Loans Are Securities, Law360 (Dec. 19, 2023)

• Louvre Museum Says Digital Mall Simulation Rips Off TM, Law360 (Dec. 2, 2022)