Partner
Chicago, Illinois, Us
Equity partner at an AMLAW 50 international law firm. Trial attorney, litigator and trusted advisor to large and small companies in various industries. I obtained successful outcomes for clients on a broad range of high-stakes bet-the-company complex commercial, antitrust, and intellectual property cases, including various successful patent verdicts and a defense jury verdict in a $1.7-billion antitrust case identified by The Daily Journal as one of the “Top Verdicts of 2011.” In addition to being a trial attorney, I also successfully briefed and argued cases on appeals in both federal and state appellate courts.In my capacity as an intellectual property attorney, I counseled clients across a wide range of industries on IP strategies, challenges, and transactions. With regard to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, I worked closely with the world's leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies on hundreds of drugs and biopharmaceuticals, from determining the appropriate patent strategies to litigating patent disputes in courts. Representative pharmaceutical clients included Abbott Laboratories, AbbVie, Actavis, Aurobindo, Alvogen, Amneal, Cipla, Celltrion, Hikma, Hospira, mAbxience, Panacea Biotech, Polpharma, Sun Pharma, Taro, Teva, and Trygg Pharmaceuticals.Over my career at Winston & Strawn, I held a number of leadership and honorary positions, including the President of KABA, Board Member of AABA, Committee Chair of NAPABA, and member of U.S. District Court for the N.D. Illinois Magistrate Judge Selection Committee. I also was recognized for a number of awards and honors, including IAM Patent 1000 World’s Leading Patent Professionals (2016-2018), MCCA Rainmakers Who Always Shine (2017), Illinois Law Journal's 40 under 40 (2013), and NAPABA's Best Lawyers under 40 (2012). I was on the Diversity Committee and the Associate Evaluation Committee at the firm.
