Danielle Vincenti Tully is a partner and co-chair of Cadwalader’s Global Litigation and Intellectual Property Groups. She focuses her practice on handling complex patent, trade secret, copyright, and trademark litigations for clients in a wide range of technology areas, including pharmaceutical, medical device, computer hardware and software, cybersecurity, content management and document retention, digital television, and telecommunications. Tully has represented clients in the U.S. district courts including the District of Delaware, the Western and Eastern Districts of Texas, and Northern District of California, as well as in the United States International Trade Commission. Tully also represents clients in appeals to the Federal Circuit and other appellate courts. Her experience also includes handling post grant proceedings in the Patent & Trademark Office, and counseling clients in a variety patent-related matters such as strategic portfolio development, due diligence, enforcement, licensing, and other technology transactions.
In 2025, Tully was named to the inaugural Lawdragon 500 Global IP Lawyers guide and has been recognized by Lawdragon in the Leading Litigators guide since 2022. She has also been named among the 500 Leading Lawyers in America and 500 Leading Global Litigators by Lawdragon since 2023.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2026 | IP Litigation, esp. Patent, Trade Secret, Copyright |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2025 | IP Litigation |
| The Inaugural Lawdragon 500 Leading Global IP Lawyers | 2025 | IP Litigation, esp. Patent, Trade Secret, Copyright |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators | 2025 | Global Litigation, IP |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2025 | IP Litigation, esp. Patent, Trade Secret, Copyright |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2024 | IP Litigation |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators | 2024 | Global Litigation, IP |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2024 | IP Litigation, esp. Patent, Trade Secret, Copyright |
| The 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2023 | IP Litigation |
| Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2022 | IP Litigation, esp. Patent, Trade Secret, Copyright |
Prior to joining Cadwalader, Tully was an associate at Morgan & Finnegan. She is a member of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association and the American Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section.
Tully earned her J.D. from Boston College and her B.S., summa cum laude, in Biology from Boston College where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Sigma Nu. She is admitted to practice in New York and before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of New York. She is also admitted to practice before the Federal Circuit and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
