Focusing exclusively on Section 337 investigations, Miller & Chevalier offers depth coveted by other firms that find themselves before the ITC. "The ITC has unknown pitfalls and different nuances," said a peer. "I'd call Miller & Chevalier over other firms for a tough problem." Miller & Chevalier appears in tier one for the first time alongside competitor Adduci Mastriani & Schaumberg.
Its lawyers include James Altman, who until late 2010 served as president of the ITC Trial Lawyers Association, and David Foster, a founder and past president of the association. With more than 25 years of Section 337 experience, Barbara Murphy is "very experienced and very professional, especially dealing with difficult opposing counsel," said a client. David Nickel, said clients, is "exceptional" and "very professional, friendly, and attentive to details". On behalf of Tessera, Miller & Chevalier obtained an exclusion order barring Motorola, Qualcomm, and ST Micro from selling semiconductor chips found to have infringed the company's patent. The case is on appeal in the Federal Circuit.