LONGVIEW, Texas – Former U.S. District Judge T. John Ward of the East Texas law firm Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC, is being recognized by the legal publication Law360 as one of the nation’s Top 25 Icons of Intellectual Property Law. Judge Ward represents clients in patent cases and a variety of complex commercial litigation, including handling mock patent trials…
read moreLONGVIEW, Texas – Former Federal Judge T. John Ward of Longview, Texas-based Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC, is being recognized on The National Law Journal’s 2016 Intellectual Property Trailblazers list as one of the nation’s leading innovators in IP law. Judge Ward earned a place on the annual listing of the country’s most influential intellectual property lawyers for his work…
read moreTYLER, Texas – Attorneys from the East Texas law firm Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC, helped Zephyr Cove, Nevada-based VirnetX (NYSE MKT: VHC) win a $625.6 million patent infringement verdict against technology powerhouse Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). The verdict reportedly stands among the 10 largest jury awards in U.S. history in an intellectual property case. Ward, Smith &…
read moreLONGVIEW, Texas – Accomplished attorney and former U.S. District Judge T. John Ward of Longview, Texas-based Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC, is being honored by the top two legal publications in Texas based on his decades of work in the legal industry. The Texas Lawbook is recognizing Judge Ward in the publication’s Lions of the Texas Bar series,…
read moreLONGVIEW, Texas – Acclaimed courtroom lawyers Johnny Ward and Wesley Hill of Longview, Texas-based Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC, are being recognized as two of the country’s top attorneys in the 2016 edition of Benchmark Litigation. Mr. Ward was named a Litigation Star by the publication, and Mr. Hill earned the Future Star designation. Both were…
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