Goodwin partner Amadou Kilkenny Diaw has been recognized by The National Law Journal as a DC Rising Star for 2024. The annual list highlights attorneys in the Washington, DC region who have stood out for their work guiding clients through high-stakes litigation, their cutting-edge approaches to environmental, social, and corporate governance issues, as well as their commitment to diversity and inclusion initiatives.
Amadou is a partner in Goodwin’s Intellectual Property (IP) Litigation practice and is based out of the Washington, DC office. His practice focuses on all phases of intellectual property litigation before district courts, the PTAB, and the ITC as well as arbitration proceedings. Amadou has extensive experience across several industries with a focus on technology including software, wireless networking and communications, cloud computing, power systems, digital image processing, and consumer products. His IP counseling experience includes advisory work with startup companies at various stages of maturity and risk avoidance counseling. Amadou's representative experience includes guiding clients through intellectual property issues associated with the development and launch of new products, and the development of IP protection policies and procedures to ensure that growth companies protect their IP.
Amadou is a practical and strategic litigator who ensures that the overall goals of the business remain the focus of the litigation strategies that he collaborates with his clients to develop. In addition, Amadou cultivates meaningful connections with his clients that enable him to take holistic approaches to each of his matters that reflect his clients’ needs and help them tackle the challenges that they face.
Amadou is deeply committed to community service and pro bono work. Amadou has served in various board and advisory roles with the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, and was honored by that organization with an Outstanding Achievement Award for his work on a case that resulted in a groundbreaking state-wide settlement with Virginia concerning accommodations for deaf inmates in its prisons. Amadou currently serves as a mentor through the Foundation for Advancement of Diversity in IP Law. Amadou also has over a decade of experience serving on non-profit boards and councils. He currently sits on the Board of Directors for the DC Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and the Board of Directors for Strength in Numbers DC, a local non-profit dedicated to providing students in DC public schools with opportunities for intensive STEM enrichment. His community outreach experience also includes serving as a member of the Neighborhood Legal Services Program’s Advisory Council, Secretary for Georgetown University’s Hoya Hoop Club Board of Directors and service as an at-large member of Hoyas Unlimited.
Diaw and the other honorees will be recognized at an event in Washington, DC on October 24th.