Brooks, Heath A.

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Updated 8/6/2009

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Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20006

Phone: +1 202 663 6973 (Business Phone)

Fax: +1 202 663 6363 (Business Fax)

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites associated with this firm:www.wilmerhale.com

Summary

Lawyer Overview

Heath Brooks is a senior associate in the firm's Litigation/Controversy Department. He originally joined the firm in 2003, returning in 2006 following a clerkship with the Honorable Alice M. Batchelder of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. 

Practice

Mr. Brooks's current practice covers a wide range of complex commercial litigation, focusing on intellectual property litigation. He recently represented Broadcom Corporation at a trial in the Central District of California in which a jury found that Qualcomm Incorporated had willfully infringed three of Broadcom's patents.

Mr. Brooks also has extensive experience in financial services litigation. He has represented clients in federal ERISA and state breach of fiduciary duty class action matters, as well as a private equity firm in an arbitration dispute involving one of its former partners.

Mr. Brooks has also represented clients in various appellate courts, including the United States Supreme Court.

Areas of Practice

  • Litigation/Controversy

Representative Cases

  • Federal Circuit Rules Qualcomm Walkie-Talkie Feature Infringed on Broadcom Patent , (US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit)

Qualifications

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • New York

Education

  • Harvard Law School, 2003
    JD
    Honors: cum laude
  • West Virginia University, 2000
    BA, History and Political Science
    Honors: summa cum laude

Office Information

Address

1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006

Phones

+1 202 663 6973 (Business Phone)

Faxes

+1 202 663 6363 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

www.wilmerhale.com

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