Schwabe Promotes Three Staff to Senior Paralegal

July, 2021 - Portland, Oregon

Schwabe Promotes Three Staff to Senior Paralegal

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. is proud to share that Melissa Canich, Brandi Henley, and Cory Sabin have been promoted to the role of Senior Paralegal. These paralegals augment our ability to serve clients in our Intellectual Property and Litigation departments.

“A key to the success of Schwabe is our talented staff. Melissa, Brandi, and Cory have continually proven themselves as key members of our legal teams and enable our attorneys to assist clients with their complex needs. Schwabe is delighted to promote and celebrate these skilled individuals,” said Christina York, Chief Human Resources Officer at Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt.

Melissa Canich, Intellectual Property Department
Melissa has over 15 years of experience as a paralegal, with the last 7 years focused on patent prosecution. She assists clients with U.S. and foreign utility and design patent prosecution. Melissa is the co-chair of the National Association for Legal Professionals’ Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee.

Brandi Henley, Intellectual Property Department 
Brandi has extensive knowledge and background in patent docketing as well as obtaining foreign filing licenses. Her experience includes preparing documents, filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and filing with the International Bureau and other foreign patent offices.

Cory Sabin, Litigation Department 
Cory focuses on complex environment and natural resources research and analysis, as well as assisting attorneys with all stages of litigation. Cory has experience in discovery, trial preparation, and trial support for environmental, intellectual property, employment, and liability litigation.

About Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt is a law firm that provides a wide range of legal services to our clients through ‎‎‎comprehensive, ‎proactive, and industry-focused advice to help them achieve their goals. We ‎‎focus on six industry ‎groups: healthcare and life sciences; ‎technology; transportation, ports, and maritime; real estate and construction; natural resources; and ‎manufacturing, distribution, and retail. With ‎more ‎‎than ‎‎160 attorneys, Schwabe is one of the largest Pacific ‎Northwest ‎regional law firms, ‎with ‎offices in Portland, Bend, and Salem, Oregon; Seattle and ‎Vancouver, Washington; Mountain View, California; and Anchorage, Alaska.‎

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