TYLER, Texas – For the second time this year, firm founder Johnny Ward of Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC, has helped a client win a multimillion-dollar patent infringement verdict against technology giant Apple Inc. The $302 million verdict handed down Sept. 30 in favor of VirnetX Holding Corp. follows another verdict from earlier this year in which Mr….
read moreLONGVIEW, Texas – Name partner Wesley Hill of Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC, of Longview recently helped firm client Cellular Communications Equipment, LLC, win a $22 million patent infringement verdict against iPhone manufacturer Apple Inc. The verdict was handed down Sept. 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Tyler. The jury before…
read moreLONGVIEW, Texas – Three attorneys from Longview, Texas-based Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC, have been named among the best in the state based on their work in intellectual property cases. Firm name partners Johnny Ward and Wesley Hill were named to the 2016 Texas Super Lawyers list along with former federal Judge T. John…
read moreHill among just 29 in Texas named to exclusive listing of country’s top lawyers under 40 LONGVIEW, Texas – Name partner Wesley Hill of Longview, Texas-based Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC, has earned selection as one of the nation’s top young attorneys on the 2016 Under 40 Hot List from Benchmark Litigation, a leading legal publisher focused on lawyers and…
read moreLONGVIEW, Texas – Longtime East Texas lawyer Johnny Ward of Longview’s Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC, once again has been named among the country’s top attorneys in the latest edition of The Best Lawyers in America, one of the most respected guides to the U.S. legal profession. This is the second consecutive year that Mr. Ward has earned selection to…
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