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Barbara Caulfield

Managing Partner of the Silicon Valley office and Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Litigation Group, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
Barbara Caulfield

Barbara Caulfield is the Managing Partner of the Silicon Valley office and Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Litigation Group. She has experience in complex intellectual property litigation for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Prior to joining Dewey & LeBoeuf, Ms. Caulfield was the Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Affymetrix, Inc., a biotechnology company in the Silicon Valley.

Before working at Affymetrix, Inc., she was a partner at a major international law firm, where she served as the San Francisco Litigation Partner-In-Charge from 1997-2001. Previously, Ms. Caulfield served as a United States District Judge in the Northern District of California from 1991-1994. In addition, she has taught various courses at Northwestern Law School, University of California, Hasting College of Law and University of Oregon Law School. She has also given lectures and instructed on trial advocacy programs around the country, including Harvard University Law School and the San Francisco Bar Association Advocacy Training Program.