WilmerHale adds partner in LA

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WilmerHale adds partner in LA

James Hill has joined WilmerHale’s Los Angeles office as partner in the intellectual property department and member of the IP litigation and life sciences practices

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Hill joins WilmerHale from the Southern California office of McDermott Will & Emery.

He focuses his practice on strategic counseling and litigation, IP due diligence, and patent prosecution and licensing in the areas of medical devices, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, software, and signal and imaging processing.





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