Released on = February 6, 2007, 11:21 am

Press Release Author = Alan Bentrup

Industry = Law

Press Release Summary = Richard Sayles, a Dallas attorney, recently served on a
professional panel on patent litigation with a federal judge.

Press Release Body = Richard Sayles Serves on Professional Panel with Federal Judge
Conference Session Highlights Intricacies of Patent Litigation in Texas' Eastern
District
DALLAS ---- Sayles Werbner name partner Richard Sayles, together with Judge T. John
Ward of the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall
Division, addressed a select group of attorneys on intellectual property litigation
during an educational session at the Association of Corporate Patent Counsel's
winter meeting. The organization is comprised of chief intellectual property
counsels of businesses operating worldwide and promotes education in the areas of
intellectual property and patent litigation.
Judge Ward and the Eastern District Federal courts are well known for significant
decisions in patent law and a streamlined process for filing, developing and hearing
patent cases. The session, part of a three-day program, was entitled "What to
Expect When Litigating an IP Case in the Eastern District of Texas" and featured Mr.
Sayles, Judge Ward and David Weinburg, a California-based jury consultant. The
roundtable discussion panel was moderated by Dianne Elderkin, a Partner in the
Philadelphia office of the law firm, Woodcock Washburn.
"It was an honor to serve on the panel with Judge Ward, who is such a dynamic force
in the area of patent litigation that is affecting businesses around the world,"
says Mr. Sayles. "It was an engaging discussion and I believe the audience
received some valuable insights into the Eastern District's approach and the
expectations of litigants appearing in the Eastern District."
Mr. Sayles is a popular guest lecturer at local and national seminars and is
certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Civil Trial Law and Personal
Injury Trial Law. In 2006 Mr. Sayles was selected among the top ten lawyers in
Texas in a survey of fellow practitioners published by Texas Monthly. He has tried
to verdict more than 100 civil jury trials in three decades of trial practice,
including intellectual property matters as well as disputes and claims involving
corporate governance, securities law, and product liability.

Sayles Werbner represents Fortune 500 companies and was named a "Go To" firm in
Fortune magazine in 2006 and 2007. Its high-profile cases have been featured in many
of the nation's leading business and legal publications. The National Law Journal
has named Sayles Werbner as one of the top five law firms in the nation based on its
success, and, in 2005 noted the firm's victory in a bus accident lawsuit as one of
the year's Top 100 Verdicts.



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