DRI President
Henry Sneath
Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton
Pittsburgh, PA
Henry M. Sneath is a principal and shareholder in the Pittsburgh law firm of Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton PC. Mr. Sneath is a trial attorney with more than 25 years of experience and has tried more than 90 jury and non-jury trials to verdict. His commercial litigation practice is concentrated in business and intellectual property disputes, insurance coverage and bad faith claims, construction, pharmaceutical, toxic and products liability and professional negligence litigation. Mr. Sneath is the President of DRI, a former member of DRI’s Board of Directors, Past Chair of DRI’s Commercial Litigation Committee and a member of the IADC. He served as the 2009-2010 Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Intellectual Property Section. He is listed in 5 litigation categories of Best Lawyers in America: Commercial, Patent, Intellectual Property, Personal Injury Defense and Legal Malpractice. He has also consistently been voted a Super Lawyer in Pennsylvania for Business and Intellectual Property Litigation. He is peer review rated AV by Martindale Hubbell, and 10/10 in the AVVO attorney rankings for Business and IP Litigation. Mr. Sneath has extensive federal and state court trial experience in cases involving commercial disputes, intellectual property matters, construction claims, professional negligence lawsuits, pharmaceutical, drug and device and products liability litigation, toxic torts and insurance coverage and insurance bad faith claims. He chairs the firm's Intellectual Property group and oversees its patent prosecution and litigation practices. He is currently representing clients in pharmaceutical, products liability, trademark and copyright matters, and in patent litigation matters pursuant to the Local Patent Rules promulgated in 2005 by the Judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. These rules are designed to make the Pennsylvania Western District a forum of choice for patent infringement and invalidation actions. He is also prepared to assist out-of-state law firms and their clients with the intricacies of these Local Patent Rules which provide a procedural mechanism for accelerated case disposition, and numerous changes to the processes of Federal Rule 26 disclosure, claim construction, use of experts and infringement and invalidation contention disclosure. He has also helped clients resolve disputes through a variety of Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures. Mr. Sneath has devoted substantial Pro Bono time to the representation of battered women in Protection from Abuse hearings and trials, and is active in his Church and community. View Henry's complete profile >>

Running for Justice #2

Posted on August 26, 2011 07:58 by R. Matthew Cairns

Well the first 12 legs of the Hood to Coast adventure is over and Van 1 is back on the course.  DRI member Margaret Hoffman led off at 6:45 am in hail and rain on Mount Hood.  Fortunately, the weather improved as SWWeaty Briefs runners headed west.  By the time Van 2 took over, it was in the low 80's and headed north.  Former Board Member Pat Sweeney described it as Africa Hot on leg 7, but it only got worse as Debbie Garcia of Jeld-Wen Industries, Annual Meeting Chair Anne Talcott, Law Institute member Todd Presnell and Chantelle Roberson of BC/BS of Tennessee ran their legs.  By the time I took the hand off for leg 12, it was an easy 90+ degrees.  The next 6.4 miles were more of a Bataan Death March than a run.  "Highlights" were little kids spraying me with water during the first 2 miles, having my best friend from college Anne Rutherford and her husband Ron posting a sign for me in their front yard as they cheered me on, and finally checking my pride at the door as I liberally walked during the last 4 miles.  After showers, some food and rest, we will be active again at 10:30 pm, and I will take the baton from Chantelle at 2:00 am.  Seriously, this is a blast and a great way to get to know fellow DRI members in a whole new way.  We are the "Feet of the Defense Bar!"

Matt Cairns
President of DRI
Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, Concord, NH
Cairns@gcglaw.com

 

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