Patent Litigation’s Most Famous Judge Makes His Biglaw Move

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[I] really missed the counselor side of being a lawyer. I think I could be a much better counselor now than I was ​before I went on the bench.

— Former U.S. District Judge Alan Albright of the Western District of Texas, in comments given to Reuters, concerning his decision to join A&O Shearman as an intellectual property litigation partner in Austin, Texas. Albright’s courtroom became the country’s most prominent venue for patent litigation during his time on the bench.

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