IP group joins O'Melveny’s New York office

US law firm O’Melveny & Myers LLP has hired Lisa Barons Pensabene, Marc Pensabene, and Filko Prugo at its New York office.

The three join as partners and will work in the firm’s IP and technology practice. Lisa Barons Pensabene will head the firm’s life sciences litigation practice.

Lisa Barons Pensabene and Prugo represent innovator pharmaceutical companies in Hatch-Waxman cases, and bring a combined 40 years of experience to the firm. Marc Pensabene is a patent litigator with experience in computer technology, electronics and engineering.

Bradley Butwin, who chairs the firm, said: “Lisa, Marc, and Filko—all first-chair patent trial lawyers—give us the ability to serve a host of clients, ranging from biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies to computer hardware and software companies in ANDA [Abbreviated New Drug Application] and traditional patent litigation.”