Joseph Loy is a litigation partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in New York who is widely recognized as a leading intellectual property litigator focused on high-stakes patent and trade secret disputes before federal trial and appellate courts. He is experienced with global disputes that involve parallel proceedings across borders and impact intellectual property rights in various jurisdictions. Leveraging his decades of litigation experience, Joe frequently advises clients on intellectual property aspects of strategic commercial deals, including M&A transactions, joint ventures, licensing, and private equity investments.
Joe’s work has involved a wide range of industries and commercial sectors, including agriculture, autonomous vehicles, biologics, biotechnology, computer hardware and software, cruise ships, digital photography, food science, exercise equipment, medical devices, networking protocols, oil drilling, plant breeding, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, robotics, smart phones and wireless communications.
Chambers USA quotes a client as commenting that “Joseph is a brilliant patent lawyer.” Intellectual Asset Management magazine named Joe an IAM Patent 1000 leading patent practitioner for Litigation (2021–2025), noting that he is a “highly accomplished attorney” that excels “at high-stakes cases” and is a “smart pick for patent and trade secret litigation.” Lawdragon (2025) named him among the “500 Leading Global IP Lawyers.” The Legal 500 has recognized Joe for patent litigation generally (2020–2022); for patent litigation before the International Trade Commission (2019–2020, 2025); and for trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters) (2019–2020).