Perkins Coie boosts 22 counsel to partner across US
The global law firm has promoted 22 intellectual property counsel to the role of partner, with effect from January 1. Log in to read the full list with links to online profiles.
Global law firm Perkins Coie has promoted 22 counsel to the role of partner, focusing on intellectual property, with effect from January 1, 2023.
The new partners include Lindsay Allen, Elise Edlin, Sarah E. Fowler, Han Saem (Sam) Hong, Andrew (Andy) Pettit and Courtney Prochnow (see below for biographies).
Firmwide managing partner Bill Malley said of the appointments: “We are pleased to welcome each of these accomplished lawyers to the partnership and know they will continue to excel and succeed for our clients and the firm.
“Every member of the new partner class has demonstrated a high level of client service and legal acumen that benefits the counsel we provide to entrepreneurs, innovators, leading technology companies, and Fortune 500 corporations, among other clients. We wish our new partners continued success in their careers at Perkins Coie.”
Perkins Coie said that in total, 68% of next year’s partner class is diverse and inclusive of people of colour, women, and people who are LGBTQ+. The new class also includes lawyers who work a flexible schedule.
Lindsay Allen (Washington, DC) is a member of the Trademark, Copyright, Internet & Advertising practice. Her practice covers the full breadth of trademark and copyright law, including trademark clearance, counselling, prosecution, portfolio management, and enforcement matters as well as copyright counselling, protection, and enforcement strategies. Allen’s industry experience spans entertainment, sports, social media, consumer products, technology, finance, pharmaceuticals, politics, and higher education.
Elise Edlin (San Francisco) is a member of the Patent Litigation practice. She focuses on complex intellectual property litigation in federal courts, the International Trade Commission (ITC), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Edlin partners with a variety of clients across a range of technology areas—from technology to life sciences—including networking, semiconductors, telephony, medical devices, drug treatments, and fluorescent proteins.
In addition to technical subject matter, Edlin has extensive experience litigating damages, including for standardised technologies with fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) requirements. She has also represented pro bono clients in matters including veterans’ appeals, asylum hearings, and civil rights litigation.
Sarah Fowler (Palo Alto) is a member of the Patent Litigation practice. She brings more than 10 years’ experience working on complex patent and trade secret matters, both in district court and in the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Fowler has developed particular expertise in cases involving digital rights management, device authentication, streaming media, video game technology, network security, and enterprise data warehousing.
Han Saem (Sam) Hong (Seattle) is a member of the Patent Prosecution practice and is experienced in domestic and foreign patent prosecution, along with patent and market mapping. He is familiar with various hardware technologies, including semiconductor wafer and packaging, memory devices, system-on-a-chip (SOC), consumer devices, telecommunication systems, and medical devices. Hong’s experience also extends to software technologies.
Andrew (Andy) Pettit (Austin, Palo Alto) is a member of the Patent Prosecution practice. Andy’s practice focuses on patent and trademark procurement, strategic analysis—including infringement analysis, enforcement analysis, and portfolio valuation—and intellectual property counselling. He represents clients ranging from multinational corporations to individual entrepreneurs and startups.
Pettit’s experience covers a broad range of technological areas, including medical devices, medical instrumentation (including imaging, sequencing, and diagnostic technologies), artificial intelligence and machine learning, predictive analytics, and consumer electronic devices.
Courtney Prochnow (Los Angeles) is a member of the Intellectual Property practice. Trained as a molecular and structural biologist, she focuses her practice on patent litigation, strategic patent portfolio management, and patent prosecution in the life sciences industry. Prochnow has represented clients in federal courts, including in Hatch-Waxman litigation, and in post-grant proceedings before the PTAB.
Prochnow has also drafted and prosecuted patents in a variety of technological areas including gene editing (CRISPR/Cas), chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapeutics, small molecule and nucleic acid therapeutics, antibody therapeutics, vaccines, recombinant proteins, genetic diagnostic methods, and chemical synthesis.
The other new partners are Hayley Berlin, Samuel Boro, Alletta Brenner, Amelia Davis, Zachary Davison, Arian Galavis, Jonathan Goddard, Katherine May, Elizabeth Mendoza, Ali Mirsaidi, Bruce Pinegar, Jonathan Schulman, Jillian Sommers, David Steele, Lauren Tsuji, and Betselot Zeleke.
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