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Sep. 4, 2024

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Having been a defense attorney and a plaintiffs' attorney at several large law firms, Patrick Ryan says he knows the playbook that most firms work from in litigation. But it bores him. "I like to do things differently," he said.

That's why he left the big firms to join the Barko boutique, where he now is the co-managing partner and head of its litigation, IP and antitrust groups.

Now, he said, he can use the standard playbook against his litigation oppon...

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