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DWT recruits first-chair trial litigator as latest hire in IP expansion
As the firm expands its IP offering across bi-coastal locations, it adds “an unusually versatile lawyer” with a broad practice in New York.

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The former firmwide chair of the Trademark, Copyright, Internet and Advertising practice group at Perkins Coie has departed, prior to the firm’s merger with Ashurst.
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