Lewis, Mike

Bill Ward is a senior associate in the Litigation/Controversy Department, and a member of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group. He joined the firm in 2009.

Practice

Prior to joining the firm, Dr. Ward was an associate at another firm in LA, where he represented companies in patent cases involving a wide range of technologies, including the recombinant synthesis of therapeutic antibodies, medical devices, telecommunications systems, radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology and computer memory hardware.

Before attending law school at the University of Chicago, Dr. Ward received a PhD in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. At Caltech, Dr. Ward was named a Special Institute Fellow and co-authored one of the most frequently requested journal articles in the chemical sciences. Dr. Ward completed his thesis research on “Stereoselective Ruthenium-Catalyzed Olefin Metathesis” under the supervision of Prof. Robert H. Grubbs, co-recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Publications

• Seiders, T. J.; Ward, D. W.; Grubbs, R. H. "Enantioselective Ruthenium-Catalyzed Ring-Closing Metathesis." Organic Letters 2001, 3, 3225-2338.

Community Involvement

Dr. Ward is a Trustee for Clairbourn School, an independent elementary and middle school located in San Gabriel, California.