Richard Ruzich is an internationally recognized patent attorney who focuses on complex patent litigation, representing generic pharmaceutical companies in Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) litigation under the Hatch-Waxman statutory framework. An accomplished trial and appellate advocate, registered patent attorney, and frequent lecturer and author, Richard is known worldwide for his legal work on behalf of his generic clients, including biosimilars sponsors. His experience covers the entire lifecycle spectrum from product selection, Paragraph IV development, and through to market entry, including at-risk launches.

Richard counsels clients on IP portfolio management and protection strategies, files and prosecutes IP asset applications, and negotiates major IP transactions, such as licensing, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and government research and development agreements in private litigation. He has led trials involving widely varying technologies, from injectable cancer drugs and high blood pressure medications to radio transmission systems and microprocessors. He has experience first-chairing cases at the trial level through appeal, including to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Richard is recognized in the IAM Patent 1000 by  Intellectual Asset Management Magazine, The Best Lawyers in America, and as an Illinois Super Lawyer.

Richard received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering technology from Bradley University and worked as an electrical engineer in Chicago and New York for several years before attending law school. He graduated cum laude from Southern Illinois University School of Law and earned his LL.M. in intellectual property law, with honors, from The John Marshall Law School.