PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Vera M. Elson is joining the firm’s Palo Alto office as a partner in the intellectual property litigation practice. Ms. Elson focuses her practice on intellectual property litigation and counseling clients in the technology arena, including a number of Silicon Valley’s leading technology companies. She has tried numerous intellectual property cases to verdict in district courts across the country, and has extensive experience representing high technology clients before the International Trade Commission.
“Vera is an outstanding IP litigator who also has a technical background in a core area of our IP practice,” said Tom DeFilipps, Managing Partner of Sidley’s Palo Alto office. “I have known Vera for many years, and her experience, commitment and integrity will complement our strong IP litigation platform.”
“I am looking forward to joining Sidley’s exceptional IP litigation practice at its growing Palo Alto office,” said Ms. Elson. “Over the years, I have worked with many Sidley colleagues, and they have demonstrated professionalism and a track record of outstanding results in high stakes litigation. There is no firm better positioned for my practice and for my clients.”
Ms. Elson began her career as a high-speed digital circuit designer with Hughes Aircraft’s Advanced Circuit Technology Lab. She received her B.S. in Cybernetics and her M.S.E.E. degrees with an emphasis in circuit design from the University of California, Los Angeles. She earned her J.D. degree from the University of Southern California. She interned for the late Chief Judge Helen W. Nies at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She is a member of the California Bar and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the District Court for the Northern and Central Districts of California. Ms. Elson is a member of the Federal Circuit Bar Association and the International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association. She is also registered to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
Chambers USA has consistently recognized Ms. Elson as a leading lawyer in Intellectual Property in California from 2005 to 2011. The Daily Journal has twice recognized her as one of the Top 50 Intellectual Property Litigators and the Top Women Litigators in California. Ms. Elson was also named among the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal’s 2008 Women of Influence in Silicon Valley.
In 2011, Sidley’s Intellectual Property practice was named the IP Team of the Year at the Chambers USA Awards for Excellence. Sidley’s IP litigation lawyers in the firm’s Palo Alto office focus on the technological and scientific discoveries that drive the global economy. Sidley’s Palo Alto office consists of approximately 25 lawyers and serves information technology, life sciences and alternative energy clients in areas critical to emerging and established technology companies, including corporate, technology transactions and IP litigation.
Sidley Austin LLP is one of the world’s premier full-service law firms, with approximately 1700 lawyers practicing in 17 U.S. and international cities, including Beijing, Brussels, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo. This year, Sidley celebrates 30 years in Asia. Repeating its performance in the inaugural 2010 survey, Sidley received the most first-tier national rankings of any U.S. law firm in the 2011/12 U.S.News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” survey. Sidley was also named the U.S.News – Best Lawyers “Law Firm of the Year” in both Corporate Law and Securities Regulation in the 2011/12 survey (the first year of such designations). BTI, a Boston-based research and consulting firm, has named Sidley as one of only three firms to have been in the top ten of the BTI Client Service rankings every year since the inception of those rankings in 2001, and as number one in three of those years.
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