Biography
Edward Reines is Co-Head of Weil’s nationwide Patent Litigation practice, Co-Head of the Firm’s Life Sciences practice, and a member of the Firm’s Technology Litigation practice. He is a first-chair trial lawyer and trusted appellate advocate with extensive experience in the life sciences and technology sectors.
Ed is widely recognized as a top litigator and a thought leader in the patent field. In 2022 and 2023, he was named to Lawdragon 500’s list of “Leading Litigators in America.” In 2022, he was named as one of just five nationwide Trials MVPs by Law360, which also recognized him as a Life Sciences MVP in 2019, and was also named “General Patent Litigator of the Year – California” by LMG Life Sciences. He is currently recognized among the “Top IP Lawyers” in California by the Daily Journal, an honor he has received numerous times since 2008, and for the past three years, the publication has also named him as one of the “Top 100 Lawyers” in the state. He was named a Life Sciences “Trailblazer” by the National Law Journal in 2020, which also named him an Intellectual Property “Trailblazer” in 2018. He was named a California “Trailblazer” by The Recorder in 2019, and was shortlisted in the category “Outstanding Litigator: California” by Managing Intellectual Property in 2020.
Ed is ranked in Chambers USA as one of the top Life Sciences and Patent practitioners in California and nationally, and is ranked as a leading lawyer in Chambers Global in the area of Intellectual Property: Patent. Ed also is recognized by The Legal 500 US in the areas of Appellate and Patent Litigation: Full Coverage, and by Benchmark Litigation as a “National Star” and “Local Litigation Star” for Intellectual Property. He is named among the IAM Global Leaders, The World’s Leading Patent Professionals for Patent Litigation in California, as well as one of the top 35 practitioners before the Federal Circuit, by IAM Patent 1000.
Among his public service commitments, Ed is Past-President of the Federal Circuit Bar Association and Past-President of the Federal Bar Association’s Northern District of California Chapter, and he teaches patent litigation at Berkeley Law School. He is dedicated to supporting disabled veterans rights via pro bono advocacy, and he is on the Board of Directors of Grateful Guitars, a non-profit that donates guitars – modeled on those used by legendary jam band musicians such as Jerry Garcia – to up-and-coming and struggling musicians.
