Hari Santhanam Partner

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that a trial team of intellectual property lawyers secured a complete victory before the U.S. International Trade Commission for firm client Gator Bio Inc. in a case related to biolayer interferometry products.

Hari Santhanam was mentioned in “Justices May Clarify Expert Witness Confrontation Confusion,” an article in Law360, regarding his oral argument to the U.S. Supreme Court in Smith v. Arizona.

Hari Santhanam was quoted in “Court Appears to Favor Arizona Man’s Confrontation Clause Claim,” a blog post on SCOTUS Blog, regarding his representation of Jason Smith, an Arizona man who alleges that the expert’s testimony contravened the Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause.

Perkins Coie lawyers were mentioned in multiple media publications regarding the firm’s pro bono representation of a client in the U.S. Supreme Court case Smith v. Arizona  that raises an important issue under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment regarding a criminal defendant’s right to cross-examine a non-testifying forensic analyst. 

Hari Santhanam was interviewed by The Arizona Republic - "An Arizona drug case related to the 6th Amendment is headed to Supreme Court. What to know", in relation to a pro bono case that raises an important issue under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment regarding a criminal defendant’s right to cross-examine a non-testifying forensic analyst. Hari is leading a firm pro bono appellate team that has secured a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Smith v. Arizona.