Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan offices in Washington, D.C. Sept. 14, 2016. (Photo by Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM)More Churn at Williams & Connolly as Patent Litigation Co-Chair Decamps for Quinn Emanuel
Kevin Hardy was named to the role at Williams & Connolly less than six months ago, after previous co-chair Adam Perlman decamped for Latham & Watkins.
May 27, 2020 at 05:42 PM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
Former Williams & Connolly patent litigation co-chair Kevin Hardy has left the firm to join Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan's Washington, D.C., office.
Hardy's tenure as practice leader at the Washington litigation powerhouse was short-lived. He landed in the role with two other partners after previous co-chair Adam Perlman left for Latham & Watkins in January. And he is the third practice leader to depart the firm so far in 2020, with the other being Nicholas Boyle, who co-led the unfair competition and trade secrets group and the arbitration group before also moving to Latham at the start of April.
"We are delighted to welcome Kevin to the firm. He has been lead counsel in a number of groundbreaking intellectual property disputes, including patent and royalty disputes, and has played key roles in antitrust cases that involve the intersection of intellectual property and antitrust law," Quinn Emanuel founder John Quinn said in a statement Wednesday. "Our intellectual property practice remains one of our most important practice areas, and we're gratified to add a talent of Kevin's caliber."
Hardy focuses his practice on licensing and enforcement of patents in wireless technology, as well as representing pharmaceutical clients in "pay for delay" cases, also known as reverse payment patent settlements.
Hardy spent his whole two-decade career at Williams & Connolly following a Third Circuit clerkship. A Williams & Connolly representative was not immediately available to comment on the move.
"Quinn Emanuel's intellectual property practice is arguably the best in the world. Its reputation as the leading firm in IP and patent disputes made joining this team too appealing to resist," Hardy said in a statement.
The firm in February brought on board life sciences patent litigator Angus Chen in New York from boutique Haug Partners. That followed the January departure of California IP litigators Amar Thakur and Bruce Zisser to Manatt, Phelps & Phillips.
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