Wilson Elser Hires IP Partner of Considerable Breadth
04/20/15
Wilson Elser Hires IP Partner of Considerable Breadth
Wilson Elser has added a man of extraordinary breadth and experience to intensify their Intellectual Property (IP) practice. IP and entertainment attorney Lawrence Waks has been scalped from Jackson Walker LLP and is joining their Dallas office.
"We are fortunate to have such a formidable, well-respected IP attorney join our ranks," said E. Stratton Horres, regional managing partner of the Dallas office and partner in charge of lateral hires. "Larry has built a thriving entertainment / IP practice with an impressive list of clients and accomplishments, including contributing to Austin's emergence as the "Live Music Capital of the World" and helping to foster Texas's reputation as a "Third Coast" entertainment destination. His outstanding capabilities support the firm's ongoing diversification and expansion of services we offer our clients to better serve them locally and nationally….we are excited about the new dimension Larry's practice adds to the firm."
That dimension includes an extensive educational background in geology and engineering, with fluency in Spanish, French, and Russian. He has over 30 years of practice in IP litigation and transactional matters, covering such topics as entertainment, music, sports, electronic gaming, publishing, fashion, consumer goods, media, and so forth.
Not only that, but he is a fellow of the American Bar Association Foundation and the Texas Bar Foundation, as well as a chair of the Texas State Bar Copyright Section. Further, he is a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, and the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Wilson Elser Hires IP Partner of Considerable Breadth
Wilson Elser has added a man of extraordinary breadth and experience to intensify their Intellectual Property (IP) practice. IP and entertainment attorney Lawrence Waks has been scalped from Jackson Walker LLP and is joining their Dallas office.
That dimension includes an extensive educational background in geology and engineering, with fluency in Spanish, French, and Russian. He has over 30 years of practice in IP litigation and transactional matters, covering such topics as entertainment, music, sports, electronic gaming, publishing, fashion, consumer goods, media, and so forth.
Not only that, but he is a fellow of the American Bar Association Foundation and the Texas Bar Foundation, as well as a chair of the Texas State Bar Copyright Section. Further, he is a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, and the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
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