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Corporate Law & Commercial Litigation Legal Guide 2023
View Legal GuideJan Conlin has a long record of leading high-stakes intellectual property and business-critical litigation. Known for her trial and examination skills, Jan uses her well-honed expertise in the areas of trial strategy and risk assessment to find unique business resolutions for litigation-based conflicts of all sizes. During the course of her career, Jan has obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in verdicts, awards, and settlements on behalf of her clients. For the past six years, Jan was na...
Matthew J. Goggin has successfully represented clients for over 25 years in patent litigation involving a broad spectrum of technologies spanning the commercial world – everything from flytraps and pitchforks to polymer gels, acoustical insulation, respirator masks, cardiovascular stents, prescription drugs, and patented features used in smartphones.
Sam’s practice at Carlson Caspers focuses on patent litigation and counseling. He has worked with leading technology companies to develop domestic and international enforcement strategies involving complex technologies. Sam has litigated patent disputes in federal district courts across the country, before the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, in Inter Partes reviews before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and other disputed matters before the patent office. Sam also advises technolog...
Bruce Little is a veteran trial advocate and intellectual property litigator who deploys his analytical, tactical and advocacy skills to resolve disputes in a way that seeks to protect – or enhance – his client’s bottom line. Bruce’s litigation experience extends to patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. He has served as lead counsel in cases involving copyright, trademark and patent infringement and ownership, false advertising, unfair competition, misappr...
Gary Speier is a registered U.S. patent attorney with a focus on issues facing companies in the life sciences sectors. He provides counsel on a broad range of patent-related matters and regularly conducts pre-suit investigations, intellectual property valuations, and IP due diligence. Gary provides freedom-to-operate clearance reviews and opinions relating to infringement and validity and develops patent procurement and patent prosecution strategies for domestic, international, and foreign ju...
William Woodford is an intellectual property lawyer with twenty years of experience handling complex, high-stakes litigation. Some of William’s recent successes include a $31M jury verdict as lead trial counsel in a patent infringement lawsuit involving tire pressure monitoring systems and a $235M jury verdict for infringement of a patent involving methods of treating heart failure patients. William has also led numerous appeals, including the landmark Halo Electronics case where the Un...
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