Skip to content
Carmody Law logo Carmody Law
  • About
    • Overview
    • Giving Back
    • Women@Carmody
    • Management Team
    • Locations
    • In Memoriam
  • Legal Services
  • Our Team
  • Inclusion
  • News & Insights
    • Overview
    • News
    • Alerts
    • Events
    • Media
  • Careers
    • Overview
    • Lawyers
    • Summer Associate Program
    • Professional Staff
  • 125 Years
  • Contact
Fatima Lahnin

Fatima Lahnin

Partner

  • New Haven
  • [email protected]

    Notice

    Information you send by email through this link is not protected by the attorney-client privilege and is not confidential. Therefore your email should not include confidential information. To obtain legal advice, you must hire an attorney and establish an attorney-client relationship by signing and returning an engagement letter.  Until you do so, our law firm is not your attorney, you are not our client, and nothing you tell us is privileged or confidential. If in doubt about whether any information is confidential, please do not send it.

    By clicking "Accept" below, you indicate that you have read and understand this Notice.

    Accept
  • 203.784.3116
  • PDF
  • vCard
  • LinkedIn

Legal Services

  • Intellectual Property
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Litigation

Industries

  • Education

Education

  • Northeastern University School of Law, J.D., 2001
  • Central Connecticut State University, B.S., 1996

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • Connecticut
  • Massachusetts

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Fatima Lahnin

Partner

Back to Our Team

Home » Our Team » Fatima Lahnin

  • Overview
  • Experience
  • News & Insights

Fatima Lahnin is an intellectual property trial lawyer and the firm’s Assistant Managing Partner, with significant experience in patent infringement and other intellectual property and commercial disputes. Fatima has managed high-stakes IP litigation in federal courts around the country. Clients turn to Fatima for her proactive approach and efficient management of the most complex litigation matters. The technologies in her cases have been diverse and extend to a variety of technologies, including chemicals, consumer products, manufacturing and software.

Fatima also leads the firm’s eDiscovery practice, which is committed to providing clients with leading-edge solutions in the rapidly developing area of eDiscovery. Fatima provides focused guidance on electronic discovery matters, including:

  • Case and client-specific advice about meeting preservation obligations
  • Efficient and effective data collection strategies
  • Review and production, and implementation of cost-shifting and cost reduction strategies

Fatima also serves as the firm’s Assistant Managing Partner.

“A good strategic thinker, able to quickly grasp issues and give pragmatic advice” 

– CEO of a flavor and fragrance ingredient company

“You can expect nothing but sterling performance and a winning track record from her.” 

– Global Counsel, Global Producer of Specialty Chemicals

Affiliations

  • American Intellectual Property Law Association

  • Connecticut Bar Association

  • New Haven Bar Association

Distinctions

  • Best Lawyers® – Litigation: Intellectual Property, 2023-2025

  • Litigation Star, Benchmark Litigation, 2024-2025

  • Future Star, Benchmark Litigation, 2013-2015, 2019-2022

  • Connecticut Super Lawyers® – Intellectual Property Litigation, 2009-2014, 2018-2020

  • New England Rising Star, Connecticut Super Lawyers® – Intellectual Property Litigation 2011-2014

  • Rising Star, Business New Haven, 2010

Experience

  • Trial counsel in a federal jury trial involving antitrust violations, trade secret misappropriation and computer crimes. Client prevailed on all claims, resulting in a judgment of nearly $65 million.

  • Trial counsel in a patent dispute involving flexographic printing systems. Obtained summary judgment as to all patent infringement claims.

  • Counsel in a patent infringement claim resolved by arbitration before the AAA, involving digitally imaged flexographic printing. Secured a finding of non-infringement as to all claims of patent infringement.

  • Obtained significant arbitration award for franchisee against franchisor.

  • Successfully defended a patent infringement action involving flexographic printing plates.

  • Obtained summary judgment and dismissal of claims arising from allegedly defective product used to clean screens after printing.

  • Successfully represented clients in acquiring domain names through proceedings under ICANN’s Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy.

  • Part of a team that obtained a favorable settlement for trademark, trade dress and copyright claims involving the marketing and sale of herbal remedies.

  • Part of a team that successfully tried three separate covenants not to compete cases in the United States District Court, District of Connecticut.

Carmody Lawyers Named as ‘Litigation Stars’ in 2025 Benchmark Litigation

October 03, 2024
Carmody’s Litigation practice was recognized for 18 of its lawyers for the 2025 edition of Benchmark Litigation. Lawyers were honored for their litigation work across many specialty areas, including product liability, intellectual property and real estate. Additionally, Carmody's lawyers received distinction on both the Connecticut and the national level. 40
Read More

Carmody Lawyers Named as ‘Litigation Stars’ in 2024 Benchmark Litigation

October 18, 2023
Carmody’s Litigation practice was recognized for 19 of its lawyers for the 2024 edition of Benchmark Litigation: Douglas A. Balko Maureen Danehy-Cox Jason R. Gagnon David T. Grudberg Damian K. Gunningsmith David S. Hardy Sarah S. Healey John R. Horvack Jr. Gary S. Klein Marc J. Kurzman Fatima Lahnin Todd
Read More

Carmody Lawyers Ranked in More than 30 Areas of Law in Best Lawyers in America 2024

August 17, 2023
Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey has received more than 90 accolades across over 30 areas of law and across all its offices in Connecticut, in the 30th edition of The Best Lawyers in America® 2024. Forty-two Carmody lawyers are named to the ‘Best Lawyers’ list and ten lawyers are listed
Read More
Carmody Law logo Carmody Law
Guilford
203.458.9168
Litchfield
860.567.0456
New Haven
203.777.5501
Southbury
203.264.7882
Stamford
203.425.4200
Waterbury
203.573.1200
  • Site Map
  • Disclaimer & Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
©2025 Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP | Digital Marketing by Rebellion Group