Fish & Richardson has named Andy Schwentker as a principal in the firm’s Intellectual Property (IP) Litigation Group in Washington, D.C.  Overall, 10 attorneys were elevated to principal across the firm’s 12 offices. 

Schwentker focuses his practice on complex patent litigation.  He represents high-tech clients in federal courts across the country in cases involving a wide range of technologies.  He received his J.D., with high honors, Order of the Coif, from The George Washington University Law School in 2008, his M.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland in 2005, and his A.B. in physics, Sigma Pi Sigma, with a minor in economics, from Duke University in 2002. 

Fish & Richardson is a global patent, intellectual property (IP) litigation, and commercial litigation law firm with more than 400 attorneys and technology specialists across the U.S. and Europe.  Fish has been named the #1 patent litigation firm in the U.S. for 13 consecutive years and is one of the busiest post-grant firms, representing more petitioners at the PTAB than any other firm.  Fish has been winning cases worth billions in controversy – often by making new law – for the most innovative clients and influential industry leaders since 1878.  For more information, visit www.fr.com.