IP STARS Awards Three Haley Guiliano Partners 2022 Patent Stars.
Please also join us in congratulating partners James Haley, Richard McCaulley, and Brian Gummow on their individual Patent Star 2022 awards. IP Stars are senior practitioners who stand out as leaders in their practice and jurisdiction. Published by Managing IP, IP STARS is a comprehensive and widely respected IP guide in the legal profession. They utilize a rigorous system of interviews, email, and independent research to assess expertise, workload, market reputation, track record, outcomes achieved for clients, and unique strengths of target firms.
About Jim Haley – Jim leads HG’s life sciences practice and focuses on procurement, defense, and enforcement of patents in the biotechnology, biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries worldwide. He has over 40 years of experience counseling biotechnology and biopharmaceutical clients and has drafted, prosecuted, and defended some of the essential patents in recombinant DNA technologies. In addition, he has extensive experience in the United States and worldwide patent prosecution and patent enforcement and defense in all areas of biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals.
About Rick McCaulley – The head of HG’s litigation practice, Rick McCaulley brings over 20 years of experience handling complex patent, trade secret, and antitrust disputes. He serves as lead counsel in jury and bench trials in U.S. federal courts and before the PTAB. He also advises on substantial matters in international courts. Recognized for his results in the courtroom on cases involving complex technologies, Rick is the go-to litigator for many high-tech companies.
About Brian Gummow– This is Brian’s inaugural year on the Patent Star list. A rising star in HG’s Life Sciences practice, Brian holds a Ph.D. in Molecular and Integrative Physiology from the University of Michigan. He has been counseling clients in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, food processing, and consumer products industries on intellectual property matters for over a decade. Brian is experienced in contested cases before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and partners with the intellectual property litigators to represent clients in patent infringement litigations in district court and the International Trade Commission.