New York, USA - July 28, 2010, New York, USA - Kaye Scholer LLP announced that Barbara Caulfield, Michael J. Malecek and Peter Root have joined Kaye Scholer’s Menlo Park office as partners in its Intellectual Property practice.
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Ms. Caulfield, formerly the Managing Partner of Dewey & LeBoeuf’s Silicon Valley office, and the former Co-Chair of its Global Life Sciences Industry Sector and its Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group, focuses her practice on complex intellectual property litigation for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
Ms. Caulfield was previously Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Affymetrix, Inc., a biotechnology company in Silicon Valley, and served as a United States District Judge in the Northern District of California from 1991–1994. In addition, she has taught various courses at Northwestern Law School, University of California, Hastings College of Law and University of Oregon Law School.
Ms. Caulfield has also given lectures and instructed on trial advocacy programs around the country, including at Harvard University Law School and the San Francisco Bar Association Advocacy Training Program. Ms. Caulfield was selected as one of The Daily Journal’s “Top Women Litigators†in both 2009 and 2010.
Mr. Malecek has experience in all areas of litigation, including white collar, compliance, securities and employment, with an emphasis on patent litigation. He previously served as the Chief Advocacy Counsel for Affymetrix, Inc. and was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern and Northern Districts of California, where he investigated and prosecuted technology-related and intellectual property crimes, such as extensive counterfeit software rings and other white collar matters. Mr. Malecek was named one of The Daily Journal’s “Top 75 IP Litigators†in California for 2010.
Mr. Root specializes in complex business and commercial litigation with an emphasis on intellectual property and technology matters, securities and corporate governance litigation, and claims arising from mergers and acquisitions. ■