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Alexander J. Hadjis is a patent trial attorney. He is the Chair of Cadwalader’s International Trade Commission (ITC) Patent Litigation Practice and the Co-Chair of the firm’s Technology Industry Practice Group.

Mr. Hadjis represents clients as lead trial counsel before the federal district courts and the ITC. He has tried more than ten patent cases and litigated dozens over the course of his twenty year career.

Prior to joining private practice, Mr. Hadjis clerked for the Honorable Wilson Cowen of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He received his J.D. from The University of Pittsburgh School of Law, an LL.M. from George Washington University Law School, and a B.S.E.E. from The Ohio State University.

Mr. Russo is a member of the Bar in California, New York, and the District of Columbia as well as in the States of Hawaii, Oregon and Washington. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and numerous other appellate and district courts throughout the United States. His practice covers the entire spectrum of intellectual property litigation matters from both a plaintiff and a defense point of view and includes substantial trial and appellate work in patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark, trade dress, licensing, joint venture, partnership, unfair competition, and Internet, E-Commerce and other computer law cases. Mr. Russo is a frequent speaker on computer law issues and has given presentations to the American Bar Association, the Computer Law Association, and the San Francisco Bay Area Intellectual Property American Inn of Court. Mr. Russo serves as an arbitrator, mediator, special master, and early neutral evaluator for the United States District Court, and as an arbitrator, mediator and Judge Pro Tempore for the California Superior Court. Mr. Russo specializes in Internet, computer law, intellectual property, and business and complex civil litigation. Mr. Russo also heads his firm's entrepreneurship practice and is Chairman of the nonprofit Foundation for Creativity in Dispute Resolution.

Rob Bertin’s extensive patent, trademark and copyright litigation practice has included cases in the Eastern District of Virginia, the Southern District of New York, the Eastern District of Texas, the Northern District of Illinois, the Northern and Southern Districts of Florida, and the Districts of Arizona, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia.

In addition, Rob advises clients on issues involving infringement and validity of patents; conducts and reports on IP due diligence; drafts and negotiates license agreements, including software license agreements, joint venture agreements, consulting agreements, ASP equipment service agreements, patent license agreements, and co-branding and distribution agreements; advises clients on licensing strategies and other aspects of cultivating a patent portfolio; prepares new patent applications; and advises clients on various other patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret issues.

Shankar Iyer, a vice president at Cornerstone Research, coheads the firm’s intellectual property practice. He specializes in applying economic analyses to intellectual property, antitrust, and other complex commercial contract disputes.

Mr. Iyer has consulted on numerous high-profile matters in intellectual property. He has worked on some of the landscape-defining matters in patent damages, including several matters that have gone to trial. His work covers the full spectrum of economic issues concerning damages, preliminary injunction, and permanent injunction analyses. In recent years, Mr. Iyer has developed a niche in working on consumer surveys (including sophisticated techniques such as conjoint analysis) and other market-based approaches to evaluate the relative contribution of patents-in-suit.