Fish & Richardson Principals Highlighted Among World's Toughest Patent Litigators

Melsheimer, Healey headline 24 Texans named world-class lawyers. End Quote

Dallas, TX (1888PressRelease) June 15, 2011 - The national law firm of Fish & Richardson is pleased to announce that Texas attorneys Tom Melsheimer and David J. Healey have earned spots on the 2011 Intellectual Asset Management Patent Litigation 250.

Mr. Melsheimer and Mr. Healey are among only 24 attorneys from Texas highlighted on this prestigious listing of the world's leading patent litigators. They join nine other Fish & Richardson attorneys from across the country recognized on the IAM Patent Litigation 250.

To compile the listing, IAM reporters interviewed outside attorneys and in-house counsel from more than 25 countries to determine the top 250 lawyers handling patent litigation around the world. The guide also recognized Fish as "one of the most revered firms for patent litigation in the United States" whose "competitors struggle to match its breadth of expertise."

According to the magazine, Fish & Richardson "maintains a notable footprint in the Texas market through its Houston and Dallas offices," highlighting the firm's leading work in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas and other major patent litigation venues across the U.S.

Praised in the magazine as an "especially effective trial lawyer," Mr. Melsheimer is managing principal of Fish & Richardson's Dallas office and head of the Dallas trial practice. The magazine highlights his broad litigation experience with a major focus on IP litigation.

The magazine notes Mr. Healey's extensive antitrust and patent litigation experience, and singles out his work building the firm's Houston office, "which has gone from strength to strength," according to the magazine. Texas Lawyer newspaper has recognized him as one of five "Go-To" intellectual property attorneys in Texas, and Mr. Healey writes about IP trends on the patentmath.com blog.

"It is an honor to be recognized for our world-class patent litigation expertise at both the individual and firm level," said Ann Cathcart Chaplin, Litigation Practice Group Leader for Fish & Richardson. "We are proud of our reputation as the premier IP and litigation firm in the country; we deliver exceptional value and results to clients who trust us with their most complex patent matters."

Fish & Richardson is a leading global law firm with more than 350 attorneys and technology specialists practicing intellectual property strategy and counseling, intellectual property litigation, and business litigation. Fish does cutting-edge legal work for innovative clients who value their intellectual property. For over 130 years, Fish has been serving great innovators, helping protect countless ideas, nurturing discoveries, and facilitating the entry of new concepts to market. The firm has been ranked the number one patent litigation firm in the country for seven straight years (Corporate Counsel, 2003-2010), a top IP firm for America's biggest companies (Corporate Counsel, September 2010), and an elite Tier 1 patent prosecution firm (Managing Intellectual Property, February 2010). Fish was honored as an IP Firm of the Year (Law360, January 2010), named a finalist for top IP Litigation Department of the Year (American Lawyer, January 2010), and was named the number one firm in the US for PCT filings (Managing Intellectual Property, October 2010). The firm also handled two of the top ten most important IP cases of 2009 (Managing Intellectual Property, January 2010). For more information, visit www.fr.com.

For more information, contact Alan Bentrup at 800-559-4534 or alan ( @ ) androvett dot com.

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