Armstrong Teasdale Adds 10 to IP Practice

Armstrong Teasdale LLP has added 10 professionals to its intellectual property practice group in the past six months, increasing its size to 72. Click here to view the announcement.

“In an economy where many firms are cutting back, we are excited to be able to strengthen our capabilities in the IP arena,” said Patrick Rasche, intellectual property practice group leader. “We continue to look for additional practitioners to increase our depth and enhance the services we provide to clients.”

According to Christopher Goff, practice chair of the chemical/life sciences subgroup, workload across the entire intellectual property practice has continued to grow this past year with substantial development in the chemical and life sciences area.

"With excellent academic credentials and strong backgrounds in biotech, these new additions provide our clients an additional level of proficiency and unique perspectives,” Goff said. “We are grateful for the increased responsibilities given to us by our clients and are committed to adding attorneys and staff as necessary to meet those obligations.”

Newest members of the Intellectual Property Practice are:

• Kristin J. Frost, Attorney, B.S. and M.S. (Chemistry), former in-house patent counsel at KV Pharmaceutical Company.

• Steven. T. Kazmierski, Attorney, Ph.D. (Biological Sciences).

• Cary A. Levitt, Attorney, B.S. (Chemical Engineering), former general counsel of Thermadyne Holding Corp., Solae, LLC and ICrete, LLC.

• Lucas A. Wenthe, Attorney, B.S. (Information Systems).

• Jason H. Conway, Attorney, B.S. (Biomedical Engineering).

• Mark A. Pitchford, Attorney, B.S. (Electrical Engineering).

• Harven V. DeShield, Attorney, Ph.D. (Biochemistry)

• Dennis P. Phillion, Technical Advisor, Ph.D. (Chemistry), former Research Fellow for Pfizer, Pharmacia and Monsanto.

• Shen Wang, Technology Specialist.

• Jessica Li, Technology Specialist.