Houston, TX—Dentons announced today the addition of an intellectual property team along with counsel Heather Khassian. The team enhances the Firm's formidable Intellectual Property and Technology group, a top-tier practice consisting of more than 100 lawyers and technically trained professionals.

"Houston is an important hub for life sciences and biotechnology activity, two key areas of focus for Dentons," said Mike McNamara, Dentons US managing partner. 

Khassian focuses her Intellectual Property practice on litigation and patent portfolio management. Her IP litigation practice has involved a large array of technologies, including genetic testing, hematology controls, wireless communications, semiconductors, dairy and beef industry management, as well as the chemical arts and the oil and gas industries. Khassian's patent portfolio management experience has focused on the oil and gas industry, chemical technologies, medical devices, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.

Khassian has served as in-house counsel at one of the largest chemical companies in the world, where she managed patent portfolios for polymers worldwide, managed patent committees, provided all intellectual property based support for several technology and research centers, and participated in the company's active licensing practice.

Khassian earned her JD from Washington University School of Law, where she was notes editor of the Washington University Law Review. Among her other accolades, she received the Samuel L. Breckenridge Award for Excellence in Writing and won the Client Counseling Competition. Khassian earned her BA in Chemistry and Biology, magna cum laude, both with Honors, from Huntington College.

Dentons' Intellectual Property and Technology practice combines experienced lawyers with engineers and other technically-trained professionals holding advanced degrees. BTI Litigation Outlook 2014 ranked the IP group in the top 10 percent of all law firms for intellectual property litigation and related matters.  The addition of Michael and his team follows several other high-profile IP hires, including Dr. Russell Tonkovich and Kevin Greenleaf, a prominent inter partes review team.

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