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Partner in the Litigation Department of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, and national Chair of its Securities and Director & Officer Litigation Practice Group. Concentrates in the areas of securities litigation, shareholder and corporate governance litigation, product liability litigation, patent litigation, and other complex business litigation.Extensive experience counseling and defending clients in securities litigation and SEC investigations and representing clients in shareholder derivative actions, merger and acquisition disputes, hedge fund litigation and other complex commercial disputes. Counsels clients on avoiding securities and insider trading liability and advising clients on fiduciary duty issues in mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions.Concentrates his intellectual property practice on patent infringement litigation, where he has successfully litigated patents involving, among others, travel goods, oil and gas technology, recycling technology, dental products, laser angioplasty and encoded pay-per-view television technology. In 2004, through 2024, Mr. Prickett was selected as one of the State’s "Super Lawyers" in a joint survey conducted by the publishers of Law & Politics magazine and Boston magazine as part of a special publication titled "The Top Attorneys In Massachusetts." He is also recognized in Legal500 for Securities Litigation defense. Prior to joining Seyfarth Shaw in 2005, Mr. Prickett was a partner and Co-Chair of the litigation practice group at his former firm, Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP, where he had practiced since 1991. Mr. Prickett started his career at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.He is admitted to the state and federal courts in both New York and Massachusetts, as well as the Federal Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court.Specialties: Securities/Director & Officer, Product Liability, Patent, Hedge Fund and Complex Commercial Litigation- Attorney Advertising -

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