Ms Elizabeth Weiswasser > Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 5TH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10153
NEW YORK
United States

Position

Co-Chair of Weil’s global Litigation Department and Co-Head of Weil’s global Patent Litigation and Life Sciences practices

Career

Elizabeth S. Weiswasser is Co-Chair of Weil’s global Litigation Department. With more than twenty-five years of experience, she is regarded as one of country’s foremost patent litigators, frequently serving as lead counsel on behalf of some of the most sophisticated pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies in the world, and is known for her ability to marry deep scientific and patent law expertise, for achieving excellent results in federal court litigation and IPR proceedings before the U.S. Patent Office, and for her strategic counseling in the space. Liz has received wide recognition from clients, her peers, and the broader life sciences industry as a leader in the life sciences and patent litigation fields, and particularly as one of the top women in the profession. She is a former law clerk to Judge Alan D. Lourie of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at NYU Law School, where she taught Biotechnology/Life Sciences Patent Law. She is licensed to practice before the Patent and Trademark Office.

Education

Northwestern University (BA); University of Chicago Law School (JD)

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)

(Leading lawyers)

Elizabeth Weiswasser Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

The team at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP handles intellectual property disputes for its clients nationally, often working on high-stakes patent litigation in federal district courts, at the Federal Circuit, the International Trade Commission, and US Patent Office. Members of the team are well-versed in a wide range of industries, with many of the attorneys possessing technical and scientific college degrees. New York-based Elizabeth Weiswasser co-heads the team, a leading patent litigator on matters across biological, pharma, chemical, medical devices, and life sciences sectors in general. Edward Reines is the second head of the team, based in Silicon Valley. with extensive expertise in litigating complex patent cases in the techn and life science industries.

United States > Healthcare > Life sciences

(Leading lawyers)

Elizabeth WeiswasserWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Working across offices in New York and California, the team at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has a ‘wide and deep knowledge’ of life sciences related antitrust, IP, and M&A matters. The team often advises biotech, medical devices, and pharmaceutical companies on licensing agreements, commercial litigations, and false advertising issues. Edward Reines co-heads the practice from Silicon Valley, contributing his broad knowledge of willful patent infringement and contentious IP issues, while New York-based co-head Elizabeth Weiswasser is known for her focus on life science patent litigation, often appearing before the PRAB and ITC for pharmaceutical companies. Jeffrey Osterman and Charan Sandhu jointly lead the technology and IP transactions practice from New York, leveraging their expertise in joint developing agreements, strategic alliances, and technology transfer agreements. Based in Silicon Valley, Derek Walter is noted for his life sciences IP litigation capabilities.