SEATTLE (May 6, 2019) - Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Partner Dan Bagatell has been elected to be a member of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers at the Academy’s recent meeting.

Dan chairs the firm’s Federal Circuit patent appellate practice and focuses on appeals and critical motions in patent cases, intellectual property cases, and complex civil litigation more generally. He regularly briefs and argues cases in appellate courts around the country. Clients often enlist Dan to work on special projects such as amicus briefs, case analyses and white papers.

The American Academy of Appellate Lawyers was founded in 1990 to recognize outstanding appellate lawyers and promote the improvement of appellate advocacy and the administration of the appellate courts. Nominations to the organization can only be made by current fellows. Nominees are thoroughly vetted by the legal and judicial communities in a confidential process and must be elected to the fellowship by the board of directors. To be eligible for membership, a nominee’s practice must have focused substantially on appeals during at least the last 15 years. Academy membership is limited to 500 members in the United States. To learn more, please visit https://www.appellateacademy.org/.

Perkins Coie’s Intellectual Property practice combines the focus and flexibility of a boutique firm with the complementary services of one of the world’s leading technology law firms. Our nationally recognized practice consists of more than 250 lawyers and agents who provide innovative, comprehensive counsel at every stage of IP protection and development, including patent litigation and appeals, post-grant proceedings, patent prosecution, portfolio counseling and technology licensing, as well as copyright, trademark, trade secret and unfair competition counseling and litigation. Over 175 of our attorneys have degrees in electrical engineering, computer science and life sciences-related fields, and many of our attorneys previously worked as scientists, engineers or in-house counsel. We have built a premier practice by immersing ourselves in our clients’ technologies and industries, and clients benefit from our interdisciplinary approach to matters.

The practice has garnered significant recognition, including:

• Named by Law360 as one of the top “Firms That Dominated the Federal Circuit” for the third year in a row, ranking number one for win percentage (85 percent) and third in total victories in 2018.
• Named one of the top seven firms that general counsel look to hire for IP litigation, according to BTI Litigation Outlook 2019.
• Recognized as a leader in “Innovation in Business of Law” for our patent portfolio tools P4 and Portfolio Dashboard by The Financial Times.
• Ranked third among 35 law firms for gender diversity in their IP practices, according to the 2018 Inclusion Blueprint Survey by ChIPs and the Diversity Lab.

The firm regularly represents clients in high-stakes patent matters around the country. Perkins Coie has litigated over 250 patent cases in the past two years, with achievements that include outright wins on motions to dismiss, summary judgments, bench and jury trials. Our attorneys have deep experience in the major patent centers, including in Northern, Central and Southern California, Delaware, Chicago, New York and East Texas district courts. Other distinctions include a sophisticated ITC practice that includes the expertise of a former ITC Senior Staff Attorney from the Office of Unfair Import Investigations as well as a premier post-grant practice before the PTAB in which the firm has handled over 350 IPR and other proceedings. When cases go up on appeal, the firm has a leading Federal Circuit practice with an impressive win rate in high-stakes patent appeals. In addition to our comprehensive patent litigation experience, clients benefit from access to the sophistication of an Am Law 50 national litigation law firm known for achievements in antitrust, unfair trade practices, product liability, trade secrets, copyright, trademark, international trade and other areas of law.

Perkins Coie is a leading international law firm that is known for providing high-value, strategic solutions and extraordinary client service on matters vital to our clients’ success. With more than 1,200 lawyers in offices across the United States and Asia, we provide a full array of corporate, commercial litigation, intellectual property, and regulatory legal advice to a broad range of clients, including many of the world’s most innovative companies and industry leaders as well as public and not-for-profit organizations.

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