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![Andrew Schwerin](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Schwerin_Andrew_LinkedIn.jpg?h=f57dba4b&itok=sGkX989T)
Andrew Schwerin represents clients in patent and trade secret litigation on both the plaintiff and defense sides of these disputes. Outside of his litigation work, Andrew counsels clients on their IP strategy. Andrew has represented clients in connection with a range of technologies including...
![Michelle C. Streifthau-Livizos](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Streifthau-Livizos_Michelle_LinkedIn.jpg?h=7126a54b&itok=zKkPFFZM)
Michelle Streifthau-Livizos represents clients in litigation matters, including disputes involving the Hatch-Waxman Act, patents, copyrights and trademarks. She handles cases involving various types of technology, including representations of pharmaceutical companies, life sciences companies...
![Sean P. Ritchie](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Ritchie_Sean_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=buZa_ZmW)
Sean Ritchie advises clients on how to protect their intellectual property and assists them in doing so by drafting, filing, prosecuting and enforcing patents and trademarks. He also counsels on the patentability of their IP and on patent infringement issues, and litigates these issues when needed...
![John J. Heurich Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Heurich_John_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=rxnDknxu)
John Heurich advises companies on a wide range of deals and corporate matters, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, business formation and restructuring, and corporate governance. He also has experience with private equity and securities offerings, IP licensing, commercial...
![Katie Barrett Wiik](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-09/Barrett-Wiik_Katie_LinkedIn.jpg?h=740146fe&itok=HBKVDC6j)
Katherine "Katie" Barrett Wiik is a litigator with more than 17 years of experience handling federal and state appellate matters and litigation disputes. Katie has served as lead attorney in dozens of appeals and secured favorable outcomes for clients before the Sixth, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits...
![Alan Poppe Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Poppe_Alan_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=B6ynQbRZ)
Alan Poppe is an advisor to a wide range of clients, both large and small, helping them to resolve their business disputes and counseling them on litigation avoidance and risk management. His practice focuses on complex commercial and tort litigation, with an emphasis on civil fraud, products...
![Matthew D. Kohel](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Kohel_Matthew_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=vWLditf0)
Matt Kohel represents clients in commercial litigation, intellectual property matters, and data privacy issues. Clients in an array of industries rely on Matt to protect their interests in courts across the United States and in arbitrations on matters involving allegations of breach of contract...
![Vanessa Schoenthaler](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Schoenthaler_Vanessa_LinkedIn.jpg?h=77788d13&itok=3UL4ioah)
Vanessa Schoenthaler's practice focuses on corporate, securities and regulatory matters, with a particular emphasis on securities transactions, disclosure obligations, corporate governance, investment management and regulatory compliance. Vanessa's corporate finance experience ranges from advising...
![David Y. Sartorio Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Sartorio_David_LinkedIn.jpg?h=72da4a73&itok=Dc9xlVxx)
David Sartorio focuses his practice on corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, control and non-control investments, joint ventures and strategic partnerships. David has experience advising companies ranging from private start-up and growth companies to large public companies...
![Joseph Kuo](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Kuo_Joseph_LinkedIn.jpg?h=f8ed7cbc&itok=4_Sj5Nyb)
Joseph Kuo's practice encompasses a broad range of experience in intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, unfair competition, copyrights, false advertising, and trade secrets. Joseph has counseled a wide array of clients ranging from large established companies, to young start-up...
![Brian R. Landry](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Landry_Brian_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=iuGFD0rp)
Brian Landry draws on a broad base of intellectual property experience involving patents, designs, trademarks, and copyrights and technical expertise to help clients identify, protect, and enforce their intellectual property. Brian has significant experience in the medical devices field as well as...
![Courtland C. Merrill](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Merrill_Courtland_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=K-qg5OKB)
Courtland Merrill represents businesses across the country in intellectual property disputes, including enforcement of patents and IP rights in trials and appeals. His patent litigation experience includes handling claims of willful patent infringement under the doctrine of equivalents, an area of...
![Javier J. Rodriguez](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Rodriguez_Javier_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=pVW2rUZT)
Javier Rodriguez is a trial lawyer who handles commercial disputes and cases involving creditor's rights, real estate, employment issues and professional liability. He also handles admiralty and tort cases and has experience with cases involving cloud-based technologies. Over the course of his 30...
Intellectual property is often a company’s strongest asset, one that can be protected and leveraged to gain a competitive advantage. It is critical for companies of all sizes to effectively protect and enforce their intellectual property. Saul Ewing’s team of attorneys and patent agents with diverse...
Saul Ewing attorneys provide legal opinions in connection with complex business, financing and real estate transactions involving corporations, limited liability companies (LLCs), limited partnerships (LPs), real estate investment trusts (REITs), statutory and business trusts, and nonprofits. We...
![John Gekas Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Gekas_John_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=SnSRSlPz)
John Gekas is a trusted advisor and trial lawyer helping companies resolve business disputes that threaten their finances, operations, and position in the marketplace. John's clients range from Fortune 500 corporations to privately held entities in numerous industries, including transportation...
![Richard D. Leigh](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Leigh_Richard_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=GZYC2XYC)
Richard Leigh is a business lawyer who concentrates his practice on complex commercial transactions. Richard works closely with clients and their management teams to draft and negotiate complex commercial agreements, including contracts for purchase and sale of goods, distribution and supply...
Saul Ewing’s Litigation Department features approximately 200 attorneys across 18 offices. We handle a wide range of matters including complex business and commercial disputes, bet-the-company legal proceedings, and high-profile cases in state and federal courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution...
Saul Ewing’s Shareholder Litigation Practice is national, but we have substantial strength in Maryland. It is the second most popular state of incorporation for companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the state in which more than 80 percent of all publicly registered REITs are formed...
![Brian Michalek Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Bichalek_Brian_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=ucAC1oiq)
Brian Michalek helps companies protect their technological innovations, advances and brand reputation through his intellectual property law practice. As a patent litigator, he has advised clients on a variety of disputes involving software-based technologies, wireless transactions and communications...