Scott Dahlquist is an experienced attorney practicing in areas of complex commercial law, including intellectual property litigation and technology transactions. Mr. Dahlquist moved to Charlottesville and joined the firm in 2012 after practicing law for several years with Latham & Watkins in Washington D.C. Mr. Dahlquist is experienced in all phases of complex litigation, including discovery management, motions practice, post-trial proceedings, and appellate review.
Mr. Dahlquist’s practice experience includes representing multinational corporations in complex commercial litigation and transactions. His patent litigation experience includes representation in technical areas of chipsets, wireless communications, and medical devices and he has represented clients in patent litigation before the USPTO under the America Invents Act. His intellectual property experience also includes trademark infringement litigation.
While practicing in Washington D.C., Mr. Dahlquist also handled various matters for clients in the private equity, energy, communications, medical device, and pharmaceutical, and chemical industries. This includes representation in antitrust, fraud and other legal areas in civil and criminal matters before various courts and federal agencies. Mr. Dahlquist has also represented clients in Congressional investigations. He has counseled clients in areas of regulatory compliance in connection with commercial activities and transactions.
Mr. Dahlquist has experience conducting internal investigations, and has represented international clients in the medical device, pharmaceutical, agriculture, and other industries to investigate allegations of wrongdoing in areas of fraud, FCPA, and export controls arising from activities worldwide, including Russia, Mexico, Africa, and the Middle East.
Mr. Dahlquist gives back to the community through pro bono representation of indigent clients. He successfully appealed a refugee’s asylum petition after it was denied. He has also provided pro bono legal services to victims of domestic violence and to members of the homeless community.
Before attending law school at the University of Chicago, Mr. Dahlquist earned a Molecular Biology degree and worked as a laboratory research scientist analyzing bacterial DNA. He also lived for two years in the Ural Mountain and Western Siberian regions of Russia and is fluent in Russian.
