Elizabeth Holland, a senior partner in Goodwin’s IP Litigation group and member of its Partnership Committee, is an experienced trial lawyer who focuses exclusively on patent infringement and related litigation. With over 30 years of experience, Ms. Holland has served as lead trial counsel in numerous patent infringement litigations, licensing disputes, arbitrations and IPR proceedings. Ms. Holland has also argued several Federal Circuit appeals. She has particular expertise in Hatch-Waxman litigation on behalf of both branded and generic drug companies, and in biosimilars litigation.
Ms. Holland is consistently ranked among the top lawyers in her field by publications such as Chambers Global, Chambers USA, IAM 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners, The Legal 500 U.S., Managing Intellectual Property, LMG Life Sciences and Euromoney,which have noted her “assured handling of even the most complex pharmaceuticals patent cases” and have described her as “exactly what you want in a first-chair lawyer; she is very skilled in the courtroom, very adept at managing multiple important cases, and well liked by judges.” She has also been noted as being “exceptional on her feet in court;” getting “excellent results;” and “understanding clients’ business goals and litigating with those in mind.” Ms. Holland has twice been named “Hatch Waxman Litigator of the Year” by LMG Life Sciences and has been featured as a “Winning Litigator” by the National Law Journal.