Heim, Payne & Chorush, LLP, and firm partners Michael Heim and Les Payne are ranked in the 2026 Chambers USA guide among the best in Texas for patent infringement lawsuits, trademark litigation and appeals, inter partes review proceedings, and other areas involving cutting-edge technologies. Heim, Payne & Chorush and the two experienced attorneys have earned
Read moreThe intellectual property intelligence provider Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) has selected Heim, Payne & Chorush managing partner Michael Heim in the 2026 IAM Strategy 300 Global Leaders guide. The annual list from London-based Law Business Research includes intellectual property professionals from private practice, consulting, and in-house roles across America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. Individuals
Read moreLegal news publications in Texas and nationwide are taking notice of Heim, Payne & Chorush’s recent addition of experienced trademark attorney Elizabeth King to lead the firm’s expanded Trademark Litigation and Appeals practice. Ms. King spoke with the national news provider Law360 and the statewide legal outlet The Texas Lawbook about her extensive background in
Read moreHeim, Payne & Chorush, LLP, has welcomed experienced trademark attorney Elizabeth King as Of Counsel, where she will lead the firm’s expanded Trademark Litigation and Appeals practice. Ms. King joins the firm with a distinguished record in trademark law and global brand protection with experience spanning every level of the trademark lifecycle. Her practice includes
Read moreSix experienced Heim, Payne & Chorush partners are recognized among the country’s leading trial attorneys in the 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America rankings. Name partners Michael Heim, Leslie Payne, and Russell Chorush are joined in the 2026 roster of the nation’s leading courtroom advocates alongside fellow firm partners Allan Bullwinkel, Eric Enger, and
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When Chris Limbacher graduated from law school, he was already a successful software developer and engineer with more than a decade of experience in the healthcare and oil and gas industries. Since then, Chris has become a rising star at Heim, Payne & Chorush and one of the country’s top patent litigators by leveraging his
Read moreHeim, Payne & Chorush partner Blaine Larson is sharing his patent and trademark law insights for readers of the Texas Bar Journal in the December 2025 Year in Review issue published by the State Bar of Texas. Mr. Larson focuses on the growing impact of inter partes review proceedings on patent owners and challengers over
Read moreHeim, Payne & Chorush’s Chris First, Alden Harris, and Blaine Larson have been selected to an exclusive group of the country’s top up-and-coming lawyers in the recent 2025 Benchmark Litigation 40 & Under rankings. The three experienced firm partners were featured in the same guide to the country’s top lawyers under 40 last year for
Read moreHeim, Payne & Chorush partner Chris First has been elected a fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABF), the national nonprofit, nonpartisan research institute founded by the America Bar Association in 1952. The American Bar Foundation conducts independent research for use by individuals and institutions to shape laws, inform policy, and provide a positive influence
Read moreHeim, Payne & Chorush, LLP, recently helped a group of clients win court approval for a settlement requiring multinational pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. to pay $93 million for delaying a cheaper generic version of its popular cholesterol medication Lipitor®. Heim, Payne & Chorush partners Russell Chorush, Blaine Larson, and Allan Bullwinkel, and associates Carlos Ruiz,
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