IP Powerhouse Fish & Richardson Hits Chicago Looking for Talent

Fish & Richardson is launching a new office in Chicago, eyeing growth in the Midwest.

The roughly 350-lawyer intellectual property powerhouse announced on Monday it will open an outpost in the Windy City—its 15th office globally—anchored by four lawyers. The new office will be led by Louis Fogel, a patent litigator who joined Fish in February 2024 from Jenner & Block where he co-chaired its life sciences practice.

“Fish’s brand is an ideal fit for the Chicago legal market,” said its president and CEO John Adkisson. “We are excited about the prospect of both business development and the acquisition of talent in Chicago,” he said.

Louis Fogel

Fish & Richardson

Joining Fogel in Fish’s new office will be partner Shaun Van Horn, who made the jump with Fogel from Jenner in 2024, of counsel Giordana Mahn, as well as an associate and technology specialist. The firm will officially move into its new 4,300-square-foot office located in Chicago’s West Loop on April 1.

The Boston-founded firm immediately saw an opportunity given it had a number of clients in the biotech and electronics space in the area already, Adkisson said.

The firm litigates more patent cases than any firm in the country and over the past five years, it had 58 patent matters in the Northern District of Illinois, he said.

“We’ve been generating a significant amount of revenue from this region,” Fogel said. “With Fish’s name brand, being here is really important in terms of demonstrating the commitment to those large legal markets,” he said.

“Fish is known for handling high-stakes, cutting-edge IP cases and there are a lot of practitioners in the Chicago area who I think would be an ideal fit with what Fish does,” Adkisson said.