Vincent Pollmeier is Quinn Emanuel's Chief Technology Counsel and brings to the practice of law a unique combination of technical and legal acumen. Prior to entering the law, Vincent spent more than a dozen years directly involved in cutting edge technological pursuits. Vincent was a researcher at the University of Texas Center for Space Research involved in the testing and early utilization of the prototype GPS satellites. He later served as a Principal System Engineer with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) where his responsibilities included design, development, analysis, testing, and operation of spacecraft and ground communications systems and networks, including both ground based communication networks and radio frequency and radar tracking systems for NASA’s interplanetary programs. During his twelve years working for JPL, Vincent worked on a number of NASA missions and advanced projects, including the Voyager mission to Neptune, Galileo mission to Jupiter, and multiple missions to Mars. Additionally, he managed the research and development of advanced tracking, data, and information systems for NASA’s Deep Space Network. Representing NASA and JPL, Vincent was involved in multiple collaborations with foreign space agencies, including those of Russia and Germany. As a System Engineer, Vincent was heavily involved in many aspects of the design and development of advanced hardware and software systems for spaceflight and ground use and has a broad experience base in computer hardware, software, communications, advanced materials and propulsion.

Vincent is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and has substantial experience in patent prosecution in a wide variety of technologies. In addition to substantial litigation experience involving satellite technologies Vincent has significant litigation experience in communications systems, in particular IP-based systems, from the application to the physical layer. Vincent's technical background allows him to relate complex technologies to lay judges and juries in a wide variety of cases and maximize the value of retained experts and technical witnesses.

Vincent has a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Iowa State University, an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas, and his law degree is from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. He is a member of AIAA and the IEEE. He has published numerous technical articles and papers on a number of aspects of spacecraft design and operation.