Christopher G. Hanewicz

Christopher G. Hanewicz


Perkins Coie LLP

Recognized since 2014

Madison, Wisconsin

Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

Litigation - Intellectual Property

Litigation - Patent

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Christopher Hanewicz is a partner in the Patent Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation practices. He has been involved in complex intellectual property litigations concerning both biotechnology and mechanical patents. He has extensive patent litigation trial experience, as well as experience in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. While Christopher’s practice includes experience across all of the major patent litigation dockets (e.g., N.D. Cal., C.D. Cal., E.D. Tex., D.D.C. and the Western District of Wisconsin), he has particular experience in trying cases in the “rocket docket” Western District of Wisconsin, where he has obtained favorable jury verdicts in all four of his patent litigation jury trials, with technology ranging from football helmets to a method of genotyping the hepatitis C virus.

Christopher has also gained substantial experience in the damages side of intellectual property litigation, and one of his recent trials (on behalf of his client Riddell) resulted in the largest damages verdict in the history of the Western District of Wisconsin.

Christopher is also actively involved in the community, having been a member, and now president, of the Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund.

Location
  • 33 East Main Street, Suite 201
    Madison, WI 53703-3095
Education
  • Carleton College, BA
Bar Admissions
  • Wisconsin, State Bar of Wisconsin
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Seventh Circuit Bar Association - Member
  • Wisconsin Bar Association - Member

Perkins Coie LLP
Headquarters: Seattle, Washington

270 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2024 - Litigation - Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Litigation - Patent Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2017 - Litigation - Intellectual Property
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property, Madison (2024)
  • Litigation - Patent, Madison (2022)
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property, Madison (2017)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Patent
Awards:
  • Listed in Wisconsin Super Lawyers, "Rising Star - Intellectual Property Litigation," 2006 - 2008
  • Ranked by Chambers USA, as “America’s Leading Business Lawyers (Up and Coming)," 2008; “America’s Leading Intellectual Property Lawyers," 2011 - present
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
  • Patent Law
  • Trademark Law

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