Mark Vorder-Bruegge, Jr.
Bricker Graydon Wyatt LLP
Recognized for
IP Litigation
The Elite Counsel Perspective
Mark’s formidable trial judgment in patent and trade secret litigation reflects two decades focused on those disputes and more than 40 years in practice.
Mark’s formidable trial judgment in patent and trade secret litigation reflects two decades focused on those disputes and more than 40 years in practice.
Overview
Mark Vorder-Bruegge is a trial lawyer and legal counselor whose practice has focused for the past twenty years on patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation litigation. A member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group, Mark also advises clients on licensing, related transactions and performance issues involving software and other intellectual property.
Across more than 40 years of practice, Mark has worked with clients on complex intellectual property problems as well as corporate growth and governance, accounting and securities controversies, professional liability and other business disputes. His approach to client service emphasizes alignment with business objectives, cost-efficiency and the fairness and reasonableness of legal fees. He uses modern support technologies, including secure artificial intelligence tools, while maintaining traditional ethical standards.
Mark serves as associate general counsel to the firm and sits on its Information Security Committee. He previously served as the firm’s partner-in-charge of technology.
Representative Experience
Mark has represented business, institutional, and individual clients for more than 40 years in all of the federal and state trial and appellate courts in Memphis, and federal and state trial courts in numerous other venues throughout the U.S., including Delaware, Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida, Oklahoma, Utah, California, and Idaho; and the U.S Courts of Appeal for the Sixth, Ninth, Tenth, and Federal Circuits. Mark also has resolved hundreds of controversies through arbitration or mediation.
Education
- J.D., Vanderbilt University (1978)
- B.A. University of Virginia (1975)
Admissions
- Supreme Court of Tennessee
- U.S. District Courts – Western District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Courts – Middle District of Tennessee
- U.S. Court of Appeals – Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals – Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals – Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals – Tenth Circuit
Honors & Recognition
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- Woodward/White’s The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation and Securities Litigation 2008-present
- Fellow, American College ofTrial Lawyers; member, Legal Ethics and Professionalism Committee
- Woodward/White's The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation and Securities Litigation 2008-present
- Best Lawyers® 2016-2017 Memphis Litigation - Intellectual Property "Lawyer of the Year"
- Best Lawyers® 2023 Memphis Litigation - Securities "Lawyer of the Year"
- Mid-South Super Lawyers in the area of Intellectual Property Litigation, 2008-present
- Mid-South Super Lawyers Top 100 in Tennessee and Top 50 in Memphis, 2018-2019, 2021
- Recognized as a Top Lawyer in the American Lawyer/Corporate Counsel Annual Guide to Commercial Litigation, 2011
- Outstanding Oralist, Vanderbilt Law School
- Highest Professional Rating (AV®) by Martindale-Hubbel
Professional Associations
- Standing Local Rules Committee, United States District Court (W.D. Tenn.)
- American Inns of Court (Memphis Chapter President 2009-10)
- Tennessee Bar Association's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Member 2003-Present, Chair Commencing 2024
- Memphis Lawyers Journal Club
- Former Member and Secretary-Treasurer, Tennessee Supreme Court Commission on Lawyers Assistance (TLAP)