AUSTIN – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – National law firm Fish & Richardson P.C. is pleased to announce the addition of Associate Conor M. Civins to its Austin office, where he will practice commercial litigation.
“I am honored to have the chance to practice at a firm that has the historical success and respect of Fish & Richardson,” says Mr. Civins. “I also look forward to returning to my hometown, Austin, and becoming involved in the local community.”
Mr. Civins joins Fish & Richardson from the Dallas office of Vinson & Elkins, where he was an Associate in the firm’s litigation group. While working at Vinson & Elkins, Mr. Civins represented clients in such diverse cases as a national pharmaceutical company in diet drug litigation, a bank against claims of fraud and conspiracy, and a media client against claims of libel and defamation. He also represented an asylum-seeking family from Zimbabwe in a pro bono federal immigration court case.
Mr. Civins earned his J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law with honors in 2003 and his B.A. in Political Science from Emory University in 1999. He is a member of the Dallas Bar Association and Dallas Association of Young Lawyers.
Founded in 1878, Fish & Richardson is one of the largest law firms in the U.S. practicing exclusively in the areas of intellectual property, litigation and corporate law. The firm has more than 320 attorneys and technology specialists in nine offices nationwide. Fish & Richardson has long represented great innovators and entrepreneurs, including pioneering inventors such as Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and the Wright Brothers. Fish & Richardson handles more patent litigation than any other law firm in the U.S. (IP Law & Business July 2005). It is the top firm in patent cases at the International Trade Commission and rates among the top U.S. firms in patents and trademarks obtained.
