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 >>

Cleaning out the Clutter

Posted on January 28, 2011 17:42 by R. Matthew Cairns

It has been a while since my last Blog posting and it is time to clean out some of the clutter that has kept me up at night so that I can get back to blogging and working for DRI– so here goes:

  • Why does it snow every time I leave for a DRI trip?  Doesn’t Jack Frost know that it just gets me in trouble with Tracey who has to deal with the driveway?
  • In the annual Hopkinton Ski Camp Trivial Pursuit game, why did I instantly know that Winston Churchill’s wife was named Clementine or that 8 is the first number from 1 to 10 alphabetically?
  • Why do pro se litigants feel that they can keep filing the same argument, but I have to be nice in my replies?
  • Why don’t people renew their DRI membership when it is such an incredible value?
  • Is it really possible to herd cats? (an important skill for a DRI President at times)
  • Why does the party that just comes into power feel it must get its pound of flesh from the vanquished before it gets around to doing what is right for the country?
  • How can teenagers sleep past noon every Saturday and Sunday?
  • Why is Jack Nicholson so cool, even in an elevator with me staring at him?
  • When did law become a business first and a profession second?
  • Why do I actually use the fake word “texted” as often as I do?  I hate that word!
  • I used to try to turn the corner of my Kindle when reading to get to the next page; now sometimes I try to push the next page button when reading a paperback – go figure.
  • Am I doing enough to make DRI the gold standard for legal organizations?  Are all of our members?

DRI’s new year has begun and I am 25% done with my presidency.  Time has flown but much has also been accomplished.  We are innovating, getting ahead of the curve, and making a difference in the civil justice arena and your daily practices.  Stay tuned for updates …Same Matt-time; Same Matt Channel (ok, a really bad pun, but another trivial pursuit answer I knew, but the high schoolers did not!)

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