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Christopher R. Liro is a registered patent attorney at Andrus Intellectual Property Law and focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation in federal district and appellate courts, as well as at the International Trade Commission.. Chris has litigated patent disputes involving technologies including wireless communications, medical devices, semiconductor manufacturing, automotive components, and food packaging and manufacturing, for clients including Research In Motion, C.R. Bard, Zimmer, Seaquist Closures, Bank of America and Pylon Manufacturing. He manages and executes all aspects of litigation, including developing litigation and settlement/licensing strategies; conducting discovery and motion practice; assessing client and competitor intellectual property assets and litigation-related risks; negotiating litigation and settlement positions; representing clients at hearings and trials; and partnering with in-house counsel and business and technical staff.. Chris received his bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1990, where he was a member of the Tau Beta Pi and Chi Epsilon honor societies, and received his master of science degree in civil engineering from the same institution in 1991. He received his juris doctor degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 2000 (magna cum laude), where he was a member of the Order of the Coif, the recipient of the Saul L. Nadler Memorial Award, and a contributing editor to the University of Michigan Law Review. Chris served as a law clerk to the Honorable William C. Bryson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from 2000-2001. Prior to joining Andrus, Chris was an intellectual property litigation partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago.. Chris is admitted to practice law in Wisconsin and Illinois, and before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Chris also represents clients on a pro bono basis before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims through the Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program, and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit through the Federal Circuit Bar Association Veterans Pro Bono Program. In June 2012, he received an Annual Pro Bono Excellence Award from the Federal Circuit Bar Association for his work in the Veterans Pro Bono Program.. Representative Cases (prior to joining Andrus):

Tony Simon is a registered patent attorney. His practice focuses on intellectual property and other complex commercial litigation. Tony has served as lead trial counsel in over 200 patent, copyright, trademark, antitrust and other intellectual property cases in courts across the United States. Tony has tried cases to verdict in both state and federal courts, has argued in several federal courts of appeal across the country, and has handled numerous Markman and other pretrial and preliminary hearings.. Tony has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and he earned his law degree at St. Louis University School of Law. In addition to his legal expertise, his engineering background provides him with the skills necessary to understand and explain complex technologies to juries.. In his 24 years of practice, Tony has represented both plaintiffs and defendants. He has been a partner at one of the largest firms in St. Louis and at a boutique patent firm before starting the IP Group at The Simon Law Firm. He has litigated cases against, and has been co-counsel with, a majority of the large intellectual property law firms across the country. His clients have included Fortune 500 companies, as well as small businesses and individuals.

I have spent my entire legal career representing clients in intellectual property litigation. I have represented clients through every stage of litigation, from performing pre-suit evaluations, initiating suits, and aggressively pursuing discovery, to summary judgment, mediation, and trial on the merits. I have represented clients in utility and design patent infringement, trade dress infringement, and trademark infringement litigations as well as in proceedings before the International Trade Commission.. Prior to working as an IP litigator, I earned a Master’s of Science from the University of Texas for my research in inherited eye diseases. I also worked at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in the pediatric genetics department, where I studied familial cancers.  Although my personal interests focus on the life sciences, I have worked on a wide range of technologies, including video surveillance, cooking devices, hard disk drives, LCDs, networking, paper-making, communications, pasteurization, and vaccination-related technologies.