Fish & Richardson Attorney Juanita Brooks Named One of California’s 2013 Top 100 Lawyers by the Daily Journal

Fish & Richardson principal Juanita Brooks has been named one of California’s 2013 Top 100 Lawyers by the Daily Journal, the largest legal industry publication in California.

Every year the Daily Journal looks for attorneys throughout California whose work has made the widest impact. It seeks to honor those who are making a difference and working to change the industry or society as a whole. Nominations are submitted by peers, employers and clients, and this year, nearly 1000 attorneys were considered.

As one of California’s 2013 Top 100 Lawyers, Brooks was recognized for her major win in June for Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. which was widely watched by the legal industry and held that that federal trial and appellate courts are required by statute to dismiss pending patent cases if the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has cancelled the asserted claims through reexamination.    

The Daily Journal also noted Brooks’ December 2012 defense win in a patent infringement case regarding three video compression patents involving Apple’s iPod, iPhone and MacBook.

Brooks has received the Daily Journal’s Top 100 honor multiple times, along with many other awards for trial work throughout her 36 years of legal practice.  Every year since 1987, her peers have voted Brooks as one the Best Lawyers in America. Her other notable achievements in the past few years include being named one of California’s Top 75 Intellectual Property Litigators by theDaily Journal, Top Female Trial Attorney by Law360 and Intellectual Property “MVP” by IP360.

Brooks received her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1977 and her B.A. from San Diego State University in 1974. She joined Fish & Richardson in 2000 after a successful career in white collar crime to focus solely on intellectual property litigation. 

Brooks resides in La Jolla.