LOS ANGELES and BOSTON, August 1, 2022 – Proskauer, a leading international law firm, is pleased to share that Partners Fangli Chen, Ph.D., Siegmund (Sige) Gutman and Bart Williams have been shortlisted by LMG Life Sciences for their 2022 Americas Awards. LMG Life Sciences ranks leading law firms and individuals in each practice area in the life sciences industry through deep analysis of the business and legal developments in the sector.
Fangli, Sige and Bart, all of whom sit within the Firm’s Litigation Department, were shortlisted for Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – Massachusetts; General Patent Litigator of the Year – California; and Product Liability Attorney of the Year, respectively.
Fangli, who serves as vice-chair of the Firm’s Life Sciences Patent practice, represents companies across the biotech and pharmaceutical industries and brings a unique blend of patent prosecution, litigation expertise and deep scientific acumen. Her practice focuses on complex portfolio development, post-grant review before the USPTO, oppositions, pre-litigation and litigation strategy, due-diligence investigations, freedom-to-operate, non-infringement and invalidity analysis, licensing and other IP matters in connection with commercial transactions.
An accomplished trial lawyer and litigator, Sige is chair of the Firm’s Life Sciences Patent practice and a member of the Patent Law and Intellectual Property groups. He focuses his practice on developing and executing market exclusivity and freedom-to-operate strategies for leading biologics, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device clients. Sige has extensive experience successfully litigating biologic drug patent and Hatch-Waxman cases, as well as in post-grant proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
As one of the nation’s most sought after trial lawyers and commercial litigators, Bart has represented Fortune 500 corporations across life sciences and a range of other industries. He is a go-to lawyer for cases involving product liability and white-collar and government investigations and has secured numerous landmark victories for clients throughout his career.
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