About W. Chad

Chad represents pharmaceutical companies in high-stakes intellectual property litigation in the US and abroad. He is known globally for successfully protecting IP rights and assets for his clients in make-or-break disputes that determine returns on multibillion-dollar investments and decades of research.

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Experience

I have found Chad to be incredibly strategic. He has a great ability to explain complex issues in a very easy way to understand.

Chambers USA, 2024

Admissions and credentials

  • US Patent and Trademark Office
  • California
  • Delaware

Rankings and accolades

Chambers USA: Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation – California (2025)

Chambers USA: Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation – California (2024 – 2025)

Daily Journal: Top Intellectual Property Lawyer – California (2019); California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year (CLAY) award (2018)

Euromoney: Top 30 Legal Practitioner in Life Sciences (2019, 2021)

IAM Patent 1000: Leading IP Lawyer (2019 – 2025)

LMG Life Sciences: General Patent Litigator of the Year – California (2024); Life Sciences Star (2017 – 2022); Patent Impact Case of the Year (2017, 2020, 2022); General Patent Litigator of the Year Honoree (2022); Hatch-Waxman Litigator of the Year Honoree (2020); Inter Partes Attorney of the Year Honoree (2017)

The Legal 500 US: Key Lawyer for Life Sciences and Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage) (2024 – 2025)

National Law Journal: Intellectual Property Trailblazer (2019); Winning Litigator (2018)

San Diego Business Journal: Leaders of Influence in Law (2024)

Memberships and affiliations

  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Federal Circuit Bar Association
  • Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court – Federal Circuit

Chad is a brilliant attorney. He’s very likeable, very sharp and very hardworking … He’s represented us successfully in multibillion-dollar cases.

Client testimonial, Thomson Reuters

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