Dickinson Wright is pleased to announce that it has opened an office in San Diego, where an elite Life Sciences/Intellectual Property team led by Jing Liu, Ph.D., is based. A Computer Software/Intellectual Property team led by Hector Agdeppa and based in San Diego joined the firm earlier this year. The San Diego office is the second location for Dickinson Wright in California, following the opening of its Silicon Valley office in 2018.
Jing Liu, Ph.D. joins Dickinson Wright as a Member and Chair of the Life Sciences Practice Group. Jing is named as a Leading Life Sciences Lawyer - Intellectual Property (Patent Prosecution) by LMG Life Sciences (2021-2024), and has been recognized by San Diego Business Journal as a Leader of Influence in Life Sciences (2023-2024) and Top Leader in Law (2023). Also joining Dickinson Wright as Members are Life Sciences/Intellectual Property Attorneys Paul Chang, Ph.D. and Marc Chatenay-Lapointe, Ph.D. Additional patent practitioners in Jing Liu's team are Jiancong Xu, Ph.D., Yu Pan, Ph.D., Lun-cong Dong, PhD, and Katherine McCulloch, Ph.D. They join Hector Agdeppa (Member), Melissa Patterson (Member), and Mark Catanese (Of Counsel), who started at the firm earlier this year.
"We are thrilled to announce the opening of our San Diego office," said Michael C. Hammer, CEO of Dickinson Wright. "The team of attorneys and patent agents joining the firm aligns nicely with San Diego's thriving life sciences, computer software, and tech sectors and is pivotal to the firm's continued expansion of our intellectual property services. Our IP practice now includes over 20 IP attorneys, patent agents, IP professionals in California, and more than 100 attorneys nationwide. With many of our clients active in the California market, supplemented by our significant and thriving western offices, it was the right time for our firm to become a part of the flourishing business community in San Diego."
"We are excited to be joining Dickinson Wright and expanding the firm's footprint into San Diego," said Jing Liu, Ph.D., Member and Chair of the Life Sciences Practice Group. "Given Dickinson Wright's breadth of experience in the intellectual property, life sciences, and other industry sectors, together with our local and nationwide platform, we are uniquely positioned to provide value to the market. We look forward to continuing to serve the area where we live by providing needed legal services and being stewards of our community."
The Life Sciences Practice Group helps U.S. and foreign companies protect their innovations in a wide range of life science-related technological areas, including biotechnology, pharmaceutical, chemicals, and nanotechnology. Team members have hands-on research experience and doctoral technical degrees in the life sciences space, enabling the team to provide clients with practical, knowledgeable, and effective legal counsel that furthers their innovation and business goals.