Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser > Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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NEW YORK, NY 10019-6064
NEW YORK
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Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser

Work Department
Patent Litigation
Position
Education
J.D., The University of Chicago Law School
B.A., Northwestern University
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Healthcare > Life sciences
(Leading partners)Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser – Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
United States > Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
(Leading partners)Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser – Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP handles the full spectrum of tech and life sciences patent disputes, spanning jury and bench trials as well as appeals at the Federal Circuit. The department is further distinguished by its ‘top-notch’ antitrust and trade secret offering. In New York, the team is co-chaired by Brad Karp, Jessica Carey and Catherine Nyarady. Nyarady is a prominent patent litigator with expertise in medical devices, semiconductors and pharma. In Washington DC, Kannon Shanmugam, a leading appellate litigator, chairs the team. Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser frequently takes on the role of lead counsel in high-stakes pharma and biotech patent disputes, while Katherine Forrest handles patent and antitrust litigation related to AI, cryptocurrency and blockchain. Crystal Parker brings valuable expertise in Hatch-Waxman litigation, biologics and medical devices. Additionally, Kripa Raman further strengthens the team’s capabilities with his experience in patent and trade secret litigation. Karen Dunn, Bill Isaacson, and Jeannie S. Rhee have departed the firm.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners United States > Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Leading partners United States > Healthcare > Life sciences
- Patents: litigation (full coverage) United States > Intellectual property
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Industry focus > Sport
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- International trade and national security > National Security
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense