Vinson & Elkins hires IP litigator from Fenwick & West

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Vinson & Elkins hires IP litigator from Fenwick & West

Intellectual property litigator Darryl Woo has joined Vinson & Elkins in San Francisco

Woo joins from Fenwick & West, where he served as chair of the firm’s patent litigation practice and more recently headed its firm-wide litigation practice.

He concentrates his practice on intellectual property litigation and other complex technology litigation, principally in the areas of semiconductors, information technology, life sciences and biotechnology.



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