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Paula Whitten Associate, Hicks Thomas LLP

Education: California Institute of Technology (B.S., 2001); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2007)(Managing Editor, Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property).

Areas of Specialty: Civil litigation, Intellectual property litigation

Representative Cases/Clients:

• PDL Biopharma Inc. v. Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.  Conducted infringement analysis of intellectual property worth over $200 million for PDL resulting in favorable settlement for the client.
• ArthroCare Corporation, Inc. v. Gyrus Medical, Inc., Gyrus ENT, LLC, and Gyrus ACMI, Inc.  Conducted extensive pre-trial discovery, briefing, and preparation of all phases of patent case resulting in settlement and license favorable to client ArthroCare.

Accomplishments/Honors: Vice President of Events for Northwestern Federalist Society, organized 2007 National Student Symposium (held at Northwestern); Amy Eloise Wright Memorial Scholarship Recipient at Northwestern; Recipient of $500,000 NIH fellowship for MD/PhD study at University of Chicago, 2001; Robert and Delpha Noland Fellowship for Women at Caltech.

Admissions/Memberships: State Bar of California, Northern District of California, Eastern District of California, Southern District of Texas, American Bar Association, Houston Bar Association, Association of Women Attorneys, Houston Young Lawyers Association.

Direct Line: 713.547.9189
Email: pwhitten@hicks-thomas.com