Trial Lawyer Juanita Brooks Joins Fish & Richardson.Business/Legal Editors SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2000 High profile trial lawyer Juanita Brooks will join the San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. office of Fish & Richardson as a principal. She will join Fish & Richardson on March 13. Ms. Brooks handles complex civil litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. and white-collar criminal defense cases. She was one of the lead defense counsel in charge of the scientific issues in the national Fen-Phen litigation. She also successfully defended automaker John Z. DeLorean against charges of RICO RICO n. . violations, mail fraud, and tax evasion The process whereby a person, through commission of Fraud, unlawfully pays less tax than the law mandates. Tax evasion is a criminal offense under federal and state statutes. A person who is convicted is subject to a prison sentence, a fine, or both. . Prior to joining Fish & Richardson, she was the managing partner of McKenna & Cuneo's San Diego office. Ms. Brooks' civil litigation experience includes intellectual property, product and premises liability, labor, and antitrust Antitrust The antitrust laws apply to virtually all industries and to every level of business, including manufacturing, transportation, distribution, and marketing. They prohibit a variety of practices that restrain trade. litigation. Ms. Brooks is listed in Best Lawyers in America. She was profiled in Redbook magazine in an article entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: "Winning on Appeal: The Hot New Female Lawyers." Ms. Brooks is also the 1999 winner of San Diego's prestigious Silver Tongue award. "Juanita is one of the country's finest trial lawyers," said John Gartman, managing principal of Fish & Richardson's San Diego office. "Her outstanding record in complex jury trials makes her a perfect fit with our practice and nation-wide client base. We -- and our clients -- are thrilled." After graduating from Yale School of Law, Ms. Brooks was a trial attorney with the Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc. She later established her own private practice. Her career began in white collar criminal defense, and led to complex civil litigation, including intellectual property litigation. "My expertise is in handling and trying complex cases," Ms. Brooks said. "Fish & Richardson's intellectual property litigation practice offers me the opportunity to put my skills to use in cases involving cutting-edge technology, and cutting-edge legal issues." Ms. Brooks is the author of numerous articles in the area of trial techniques and the handling of complex criminal and civil litigation. She has held faculty positions with California Western School of Law Founded in 1924, California Western School of Law (popularly known as California Western or Cal Western) is a private, non-profit law school located in San Diego, California. , Trial Advocacy (Adjunct Professor of Law); National Criminal Defense College; National Institute of Trial Advocacy; and Institute of Criminal Defense Advocacy. A photo of Ms. Brooks is available as a jpg at www.fr.com/about/new/jbrooks.html; a print is available from Kelly Largey at 1-800-818-5070. Fish & Richardson is a full service national intellectual property and technology law firm with 165 lawyers in seven offices: Boston, Delaware, New York Delaware is a town in Sullivan County, New York, USA. The population was 2,719 at the 2000 census. The Town of Delaware is in the western part of the county. History The town was formed in 1869 from the Town of Cochecton. , San Diego, Silicon Valley, Twin Cities, and Washington, DC. http://www.fr.com |
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