Eli Balsam is an associate in Gibson Dunn’s New York office. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation department, where he focuses on intellectual property and technology cases.
Eli has litigated patent cases across the country from pre-suit diligence through trial and appeal. He has played a key role in matters involving smartphones, wearables, biometrics, encryption, location-based services, routing and other network technologies, e-commerce, semiconductors, integrated circuits, and mechanical devices. He also has experience with Federal Circuit appeals, PTAB proceedings, advising clients on intellectual property issues in corporate transactions, and drafting amicus briefs in the Federal Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court.
Aside from his intellectual property work, Eli maintains an active pro bono practice. Notably, he represented a Sing Sing Correctional Facility prisoner in a constitutional rights case in the Southern District of New York, securing a favorable settlement on the eve of trial.
Eli earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2019 and his B.A. in mathematics, cum laude, from Yeshiva University in 2016. While in law school, Eli interned at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, helped prepare an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel, and represented prisoners in disciplinary and parole proceedings through the Prison Legal Assistance Project. He also served as an Article Editor on the Harvard Environmental Law Review and as a Team Captain and Oralist in the Ames Moot Court Competition.
Before joining Gibson Dunn, Eli clerked for the Honorable Ralph K. Winter on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and practiced patent litigation at Desmarais LLP. He is admitted to practice in the State of New York and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Capabilities
Credentials
Education:
- Harvard University - 2019 Juris Doctor
- Yeshiva University - 2016 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- New York Bar
Clerkships:
- US Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, Hon. Ralph K. Winter, 2019 - 2020