SILICON VALLEY, Calif., May 27 CA-Dewey&LeBoeuf-LLP
SILICON VALLEY, Calif., May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP is
pleased to announce that Barbara A. Caulfield, Michael J. Malecek and Peter E.
Root are joining the firm as partners, while Dr. Stephen C. Holmes is joining
as counsel in the firm's Silicon Valley office.
The team comes to Dewey & LeBoeuf from Affymetrix, Inc., a leading Silicon
Valley biotechnology company. They will focus on intellectual property and
technology litigation with an emphasis on life sciences, as well as provide
corporate advice on intellectual property strategy. The team will also advise
clients on corporate governance matters and related investigations and
litigation, bringing to bear their unique combination of experience as
in-house counsel at a publicly traded company, government service as a former
Federal District Court Judge and a former AUSA, and at private law firms.
"Many of the world's largest and fastest growing life science and
technology companies are located in the Silicon Valley, and increasing our
presence in the region enhances our ability to serve them on a global basis,"
said Dewey & LeBoeuf Chairman Steven H. Davis. "The unique experience of this
talented group of attorneys will be a great complement to our work in this
area and will anchor our strategy to grow this office. Silicon Valley is a
key priority for our firm's growth strategy."
Over the past five years at Affymetrix, the team successfully represented
the company in several patent infringement cases (as both the patentee and the
accused infringer), winning jury verdicts and motions for summary judgment in
the company's favor in the United States District Courts in Delaware,
California, and New York. The team also successfully litigated commercial and
licensing issues for the company in international (ICC) and US (AAA)
arbitrations and supervised European counsel representing the company in UK
and German courts. During this five year period, Affymetrix successfully
reinvigorated its licensing program generating over $200 million in licensing
revenue and defended against all attempts to force the company to take a
license to third parties' intellectual property.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Caulfield served as Executive Vice
President and General Counsel at Affymetrix. She also served as United States
District Judge for the Northern District of California from 1991 until 1994.
Ms. Caulfield has been trying cases since 1972, representing such companies as
Microsoft, Hoffman-La Roche, Eaton Corporation and Mobil Oil Corporation while
in private practice. She will serve as the co-chair of Dewey & LeBoeuf's
intellectual property litigation group and managing partner of the Silicon
Valley office.
Commenting on the team's move, Ms. Caulfield said, "Dewey & LeBoeuf is a
world-class law firm with a global footprint and breadth of legal platforms.
We are very excited to be joining the firm and look forward to contributing to
its dynamic growth."
Mr. Malecek most recently held the position of Chief Advocacy Counsel at
Affymetrix, where he led the in-house team handling the company's strategic
litigation as lead trial counsel. Mr. Malecek has tried 10 jury cases,
including a five patent case to a jury verdict of infringement in Delaware
District Court, which resulted in a $90 million settlement payment to
Affymetrix. He also served as Assistant US Attorney in the Eastern and
Northern Districts of California, in the Computer Hacking and Intellectual
Property Section. He investigated and prosecuted federal crimes, with an
emphasis on white collar and technology-related matters. Prior to this role,
Mr. Malecek was a member of the Litigation Department at Latham & Watkins.
Mr. Malecek clerked for the United States District Judge Robert Doumar in the
Eastern District of Virginia after graduating from the University of Virginia
Law School.
While at Affymetrix, Inc., Mr. Root was Associate General Counsel where he
was the lead attorney handling litigation involving claims of stock options
backdating, including three shareholder derivative suits and an informal
inquiry by the Securities and Exchange Commission. He also served as the
company's Chief Compliance Officer. Prior to this role, he was a partner in
the litigation department at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, where he focused
on securities litigation and complex business and commercial litigation. Mr.
Root graduated from University of California, Berkeley School of Law and,
before entering private practice, served as a judicial clerk to the Hon. John
T. Noonan, Jr., on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Also from Affymetrix, Dr. Holmes served as Assistant General Counsel and
was a member of the in-house litigation team, where his experience included
the cross-examination of the accused infringer's Chief Scientific Officer in a
jury trial and argument of Markman hearings and motions for summary judgment.
Prior to joining Affymetrix, Dr. Holmes litigated cases involving patents,
trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights and antitrust issues, both in the US and
UK, where he is also admitted to practice law. He is a registered patent
attorney and has a Ph.D. in engineering from the University of Cambridge.
About Dewey & LeBoeuf:
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP is a full-service law firm, providing legal counsel
throughout the United States, Russia/the CIS, Europe, the Middle East, Asia
and Africa. With over 1,400 attorneys in virtually every major capital
market, the firm represents national and international corporations, financial
institutions and government agencies in their most complex legal matters. For
more information, visit our Web site at www.dl.com.
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