Biotechnology Lawyer Joins Albrecht Tousi & Farnum PLLC Law firm Susan Dadio joins DC-Area Intellectual Property Law Boutique Firm -- Albrecht Tousi & Farnum PLLC WASHINGTON, DC April 17, 2011 -- Albrecht Tousi & Farnum PLLC announced the addition of Susan M. Dadio as Of Counsel to its year-old intellectual property (IP) boutique based in Washington, DC (http://www.atfirm.com). Founders Ralph P. Albrecht, Cameron H. Tousi, and David M. Farnum, formerly of Venable LLP, recently celebrated the anniversary of the firm’s founding of March 1, 2010. The firm continues to focus on the enforcement and procurement of IP rights for its clients. Ms. Dadio is an experienced trial lawyer and former partner and chair of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney’s Biotechnology Group. Ms. Dadio focuses on complex, high-stakes patent litigation with emphasis in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and chemical arts. She also uses her litigation experience and patent prosecution background to counsel and assist clients with all types of strategic patent matters, including procurement and portfolio management, due diligence and opinions, patent term extensions and interferences. Ms. Dadio was also previously a partner with Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis, LLP prior to its merger with Buchanan. Albrecht Tousi & Farnum PLLC represents clients of all sizes from startups, to emerging growth companies, to innovative publicly traded corporations. Ms. Dadio will further broaden the wide range of technologies for which the firm represents clients in all avenues of technology and intellectual property protection and enforcement, from licensing and litigation, to technology transactions, to building sophisticated domestic patent prosecution and outbound foreign filing programs. Ms. Dadio, is Treasurer and Board Member of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia (BADC), and was previously Secretary and Chair of the BADC’s Patent Trademark Copyright (PTC) Section. Ms. Dadio has represented clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in various district courts across the country in both jury and bench trials. She has also represented clients and amicus curiae in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. Ms. Dadio also has a broad range of experience with respect to the Hatch-Waxman Act. For instance, she has represented clients in pharmaceutical patent litigations, commonly known as Paragraph IV ANDA patent litigations, based on the Hatch-Waxman Act. Susan has also assisted a variety of clients in obtaining patent term extensions under 35 U.S.C. § 156. Ms. Dadio will continue her patent litigation, licensing and procurement practice at Albrecht Tousi & Farnum PLLC (http://www.atfirm.com). “Joining Albrecht Tousi & Farnum PLLC will allow me to continue to provide IP services to my Life Science clients at a time when businesses across the country and around the globe are seeking creative, cost effective solutions to increasingly difficult legal and financial challenges," Ms. Dadio said. "We could not be more pleased that Susan Dadio has joined our firm to further strengthen the firm and to allow us to broaden the array of services we may offer our high tech clients," Mr. Albrecht said. About Albrecht Tousi & Farnum PLLC Albrecht Tousi & Farnum PLLC (www.atfirm.com), with its headquarters in Washington, DC, is a leader in all areas of intellectual property, including patent enforcement and defense, commercialization, and procurement. Albrecht Tousi & Farnum’s attorneys have extensive experience in patent litigation, licensing and prosecution. The firm represents clients in various industries including the financial services, medical devices, high technology, telecommunications, information technology, entertainment and media, computer hardware, software and video game technologies, consumer products, government contractors, biotechnology and life sciences. With a worldwide network of associate law firm counsel, the firm is able to build global patent portfolios, while providing cost effective legal services representation and alternative fee based procurement, licensing and enforcement legal services. Each of the firm’s lawyers has over a decade of experience representing all sizes of clients from Fortune 500 companies, midsize and emerging growth businesses, government contractors, small business, and individual inventors. SOURCE Albrecht Tousi & Farnum PLLC Home | Site Map | Contact Us | Privacy Policy