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Pysher, who has over 20 years of experience in patent prosecution, will join a team of nearly 40 IP attorneys, patent agents, and staff scientists at Choate, where he will focus his practice on prosecution, diligence, and opinion work in a wide variety of technologies including electronic circuits, computer hardware and software, network architecture, and medical devices.

Continuing the expansion of its San Francisco footprint and intellectual property capabilities, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. announced that William B. Kezer, Ph.D., an experienced patent prosecutor formerly of Kilpatrick Townsend, has joined the firm as a Member in the San Francisco office. With a breadth of experience in life sciences and pharmaceuticals, he marks the latest significant addition to the firm’s nationally prominent IP practice, which last year attracted a group of 18 former Edwards Wildman attorneys.

Leason Ellis, a boutique intellectual property law firm specializing in patent, trademark and copyright protection and litigation, has announced that Cameron Reuber and Joel Felber have been promoted from Associate to Partner. Reuber joined Leason Ellis in 2010, and he has established a diverse litigation practice counseling those seeking to strategically identify, protect and exploit intellectual property assets. Felber joined Leason Ellis in 2012 and has focused his practice on domestic and international intellectual property protection, particularly with regard to computing hardware and software technologies.

Patent litigators Mark C. Howland and Samuel E. Joyner have joined the Dallas-based law firm Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, LLP, marking an expansion of the firm’s existing intellectual property practice.

Leason Ellis, a boutique intellectual property law firm specializing in patent, trademark and copyright protection and litigation, has announced that Courtney Shanney and Peter Busch have joined the firm as Associates. With the additions of Shanney and Busch, Leason Ellis now has more than 25 attorneys and 50 employees handling IP legal work for approximately 1,900 clients.

Polsinelli, an Am Law 100 firm with an extensive nationwide Intellectual Property practice, welcomes Pete Thurlow to the firm as shareholder where he will practice nationally from the firm’s New York City office. Thurlow moves to Polsinelli from the New York office of an Am Law 10 firm, where he was a leader in their global patent prosecution practice.

Intellectual property attorney David S. Forman, whose practice focuses on patent prosecution, litigation and counseling, has joined Osha Liang LLP as senior counsel in the firm’s Washington, D.C. area office. He was previously associated with Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP in Washington, D.C.

A group of six trademark and copyright lawyers, Jeffrey Kaufman, Roberta (Robin) Bren, Kathleen Cooney-Porter, Beth Chapman, Kyoko Imai and Marybeth Peters, have moved their practices to Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. (MG-IP). All were previously with Oblon.

Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto LLP, one of the world’s premier intellectual property law firms, recently announced that Donald Heckenberg, Jason Leonard, and Brendan O’Malley have been elected partners of the firm.

Intellectual property law firm Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. yesterday announced that Edward J. Russavage and Matthew H. Grady will join the firm as shareholders. Before joining Wolf Greenfield, Russavage served as a partner at Lando & Anastasi and was previously managing partner there. Prior to joining Wolf Greenfield, Grady served as counsel at Lando & Anastasi.

Fish & Richardson announced today that Kurt Glitzenstein has been named the Practice Group Leader (PGL) for its Litigation Group, the firm’s largest practice. In his new role, Glitzenstein will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the firm’s premier intellectual property and commercial litigation practice, which includes 250 lawyers in 12 offices, and which for over a decade has handled more patent litigation than any other law firm in the country.

Intellectual property law firm Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. recently announced the promotion of Y. Jenny Chen, Thomas A. Franklin and Jessamine N. Lee to the position of shareholder, effective January 1, 2016. The promoted attorneys represent a range of practice areas, including biotechnology, chemical and materials technologies and electrical and computer technologies.

Q. Todd Dickinson, former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, has joined Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg, LLP as a partner. He will also assume the role of Global Chair of its Client Select Strategic Services Group. Dickinson will be co-based in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. and San Francisco/Silicon Valley offices.