Advancing in the patent contentious rankings, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has earned a reputation as an aggressive adversary in electronics and medical device litigation. "When lawyers see Quinn Emanuel, they just know they're up for a fight," said one competitor. The firm has obtained remarkable victories for Google and counsels Cisco, The Dow Chemical Company and American Express in patent matters.
Former Kirkland & Ellis partner Peter Armenio has acted on behalf of Covidien, GlaxoSmithKline and Tyco Healthcare Group, obtaining a series of excellent results. "He's a very good trial lawyer, but at the end of the day it comes down to this: he wins," said a client. San Francisco-based Charlie Verhoeven has secured victories for his clients in the normally plaintiff-friendly Eastern District of Texas. "He's practical," said one in-house counsel. "A lot of times the trial lawyer gets kind of caught up in the celebrity of it. He doesn't have that. He's very down to earth and focused. He manages to stay at a high enough level to keep a good strategy for the case."