Patterson + Sheridan hires new partner

US law firm Patterson + Sheridan has hired Jayme Partridge as a partner to its Houston office.

Partridge, who joins from law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, has experience in intellectual property disputes including patent infringement, and copyright, trade secrets, and trademark cases.

She has represented clients in the computer systems and software, petrochemical, chemical, and refining industries.

Before embarking on a career in law, Partridge worked as a petroleum engineer for six years. Because of this, many of her clients are from the oil and gas industry.