With approximately 250 lawyers, Foley Hoag is best known for its work in the biotechnology and pharmaceuticals sectors. A pharmaceutical client calls the firm "a smart and resourceful group of professionals."
Barbara Fiacco is a patent litigator and counselor with a focus in biomedicine. She recently represented Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in the District of Massachusetts, seeking to add two Dana-Farber scientists as co-inventors to a series of cancer immunotherapy patents owned by Ono Pharmaceuticals. Donald Ware chairs Foley's IP department and represents biopharma manufacturers and universities among others. In the past year, Ware was a lead counsel for Massachusetts Biologic Laboratories of the University of Massachusetts; he obtained a favorable judgment that required MedImmune to pay $25 million per year in royalties under a license agreement. Julia Huston chairs the firm's trademark, copyright, and unfair competitition practice. Recently, she represented a global beverage company and food chain in a lawsuit against a competitor for infringement and false advertisement. A pharmaceutical client speaks of her as "strategic and client-focused."
