Tara D. Elliott, a principal in Fish & Richardson’s Wilmington office, has been named a “2013 Nation’s Best Advocate: 40 Lawyers Under 40” by the National Bar Association (NBA) and IMPACT.
The award recognizes talented individuals, age 40 and under, within the African American legal community who have achieved prominence and distinction, professionally and philanthropically.
At Fish, Elliott advises some of the world’s largest technology companies in litigation strategy, patent counseling, IP portfolio strategy and management, e-commerce, information security, and the protection of trade secrets. She also serves as a member of Fish’s Diversity Committee, which develops, implements, and oversees a range of diversity initiatives and activities.
In 2012, Elliott was selected for the Fellows program of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, which is designed to increase diversity at the leadership levels of the nation’s law firms and corporate legal departments. In 2011, she was appointed as a Special Master by the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware to assist the court with managing disputes in complex matters. She received her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2003 and her B.S. in computer engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1998.
The NBA is the nation’s oldest and largest national network of predominately African American attorneys, judges, law professors, and law students. IMPACT is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to engage and build a network of young professionals of color.
Fish & Richardson is a global law firm providing strategic counseling and litigation services to innovative clients who seek to protect and maximize the value of their intellectual property (IP). Founded in 1878, Fish’s early clients included Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison and the Wright Brothers. The firm has more than 400 attorneys and technology specialists practicing IP strategy and counseling, IP litigation, and commercial litigation. The firm has been named the top patent litigation firm in the country for nine consecutive years and the number one IP firm for America’s biggest companies. For more information, visit www.fr.com.
Novak Druce Connolly Bove attorneys in Chambers
Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP announced the firm and three of its attorneys have been recognized in the 2013 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. The firm received recognition as a leader in the state of Delaware in intellectual property law. The firm has an office in Wilmington. The following three attorneys were named in the 2013 edition:
Francis “Frank” DiGiovanni – This is the second consecutive year that Frank has been listed in Chambers USA for intellectual property lawyers. He is a partner and co-chair of the firm’s Patent Litigation section, representing clients in a variety of areas, including patent litigation, counseling and opinions; trademark and copyright litigation; unfair competition; and trade secrets in the mechanical and chemical arts as well as other diverse areas of technology.
Rudolf “Rudy” Hutz – A former patent examiner and partner with the firm, Rudy was ranked first for intellectual property law in Delaware by Chambers USA in 2012.
He is recognized as a preeminent patent litigator and has been representing clients for five decades in a variety of areas including patent counseling and opinions, due diligence, licensing and transactions, interferences, litigation, ITC Investigations, prosecution, and reissue and reexaminations.
Patricia “Pat” S. Rogowski – Pat is a partner and member of the firm’s Executive Committee, representing clients in a variety of areas including copyrights, trademarks, copyright and trademark litigation, counseling and opinions, licensing and transactions, interferences, patent litigation, prosecution, patent reissue and reexaminations, and unfair competition and trade secret law in the mechanical arts.
Chambers USA ranks the leading firms and attorneys in a wide range of practice areas throughout the United States.
Morris James attorneys in Chambers
Morris James LLP, Wilmington announced that 12 attorneys in six practice areas have been ranked among the leading Delaware lawyers in the 2013 edition of Chambers USA with one additional attorney named as “Up and Coming”. The Morris James attorneys selected for inclusion and the practice areas for which they are recognized in the 2013 edition are:
Bankruptcy/Restructuring Stephen M. Miller Brett D. Fallon Carl N. Kunz, III Chancery Edward M. McNally P. Clarkson Collins, Jr. Lewis H. Lazarus Peter B. Ladig Intellectual Property Richard K. Herrmann Mary B. Matterer Labor & Employment David H. Williams James H. McMackin, III (Up and Coming) Real Estate John M. Bloxom, IV Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use A. Kimberly Hoffman
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