Karin Norton, who served as lead government counsel at the International Trade Commission (ITC) for the past eight years, has been hired as special counsel in Covington & Burling’s IP team.
Norton served as senior investigative attorney at the ITC from 1999 to 2007, and was lead government counsel in numerous patent infringement cases before the ITC. She is a former medical researcher who holds a PhD in human physiology and has expertise in the areas of biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical devices.
Norton will be based in the firm’s Washington DC office.
