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Los Angeles-based law firm Sheppard Mullin announced on its website on May 17, that it had hired leading IP litigator Michael Heimbold who moved over from Washington-based Steptoe Johnson.
Speaking on the occasion, Guy N. Halgren, the chairman of Sheppard Mullin, said, “Mike’s practice straddles general business litigation and intellectual property litigation and transactional matters, practice areas that Sheppard Mullin has significantly developed. His knowledge and experience is both complementary and supplementary to our existing practices, and we welcome him to the firm.”
On his part, Heimbold commented, “Sheppard Mullin is a top-notch full service firm that has strong litigation capabilities and offers an excellent platform to support my clients and grow my practice. I was particularly attracted to Sheppard Mullin by the firm’s, collegial atmosphere and entrepreneurial culture. I am also impressed by the depth and breadth of Sheppard Mullin’s corporate practice group, as well as the strength of firm’s patent litigation practice.”
Heimbold is one of the country’s leading lawyers in IP litigation. He received his J.D. from Loyola Law School in 1994 and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from California State University, Long Beach, in 1988.
Heimbold has served as lead counsel in jury and bench trials, arbitrations, administrative agency hearings, and appellate proceedings throughout the United States. He has handled cases involving misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition, trademark and copyright licensing and infringement, patent infringement, shareholder and partnership disputes, environmental claims, product defects, defamation, breach of fiduciary duty and etcetera.
Heimbold is also well known as a highly esteemed transactional lawyer in the IP related market and has negotiated high profile technology licenses besides advising clients in the consumer products and entertainment industries on over $1 billion worth of M&A transactions.
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Heimbold is a founding member of the firm he leaves and served on Steptoe’s executive committee in 2007 and 2008. Before joining Sheppard Mullin he had been named as a managing partner for Steptoe’s Century City office.
