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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