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Biography

Steven J. Balick serves as Of Counsel to the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group.

Mr. Balick has gained a national reputation for his intimate knowledge of the ins and outs of local practice before the United States District Court for the District of Delaware as well as his expertise in litigating patent cases and other intellectual property disputes before that Court.  Mr. Balick serves as both Delaware litigation counsel and as a general advisor, working with intellectual property law firms across the country to represent corporate clients in patent litigation and other intellectual property cases which span numerous areas of science and technology.  Mr. Balick has served on the District Court’s Lawyer Advisory Committee, and he has assisted in drafting the Court’s pattern jury instructions in patent cases.

Mr. Balick has been ranked in Chambers USA: Leading Lawyers in America since 2004, has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 2007, and has been listed in IAM Patent 1000 since 2012.

CREDENTIALS

EDUCATION

  • J.D., 1981, Boston University School of Law
  • B.A., 1978, University of Delaware

CLERKSHIPS

  • Judicial Clerkship, Delaware Superior Court, 1981-1982

BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS

  • Delaware
  • United States District Court for the District of Delaware
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit