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Bruce Wexler

Bruce Wexler

USA 2026

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Bruce Wexler is a partner in the Intellectual Property practice at Paul Hastings. Bruce is a trial lawyer with extensive experience litigating high-stakes patent cases in a range of technologies. He has represented clients as lead counsel in enforcement and defense matters involving multi-million- and multi-billion-dollar drug products.

He forms close partnerships with his clients to support successful outcomes, including in their bet-the-company cases. In Hatch-Waxman Act matters, he has opposed challenges by most generic drug companies. He has helped his clients with important drug products such as Aricept®, Pradaxa®, Mirapex®, Cyltezo®, Basaglar®, Entereg®, Emend® oral and Emend® for Injection, Aciphex®, Banzel®, Gocovri®, Comirnaty® and Opsumit®.

He is a former judicial law clerk of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, where he served under the Honorable Chief Judge Glenn L. Archer, Jr. He clerked for the Honorable Chief Judge Archer during the chief judge’s preparation of influential Federal Circuit decisions including Markman v. Westview.

Bruce is also an adjunct professor of law at New York University School of Law, where he teaches an advanced course in “Life Sciences and Patent Law.”

Personal

New York University School of Law, J.D. (magna cum laude, Order of the Coif)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, B.S. in Physics (summa cum laude, member - Sigma Pi Sigma honor society)

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Intellectual Property: Patent - New York

Band 1
Band 1

Individual Editorial

Bruce Wexler co-chairs the firm's global IP practice and maintains a highly regarded patent disputes practice. He has a notable footprint in the life sciences sector and frequently acts on BPCIA and Hatch-Waxman patent litigation.

Intellectual Property - USA - Nationwide

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial
Bruce Wexler garners recognition for his sophisticated contentious IP practice. He is well versed in IPRs, patent infringement litigation and appellate mandates, frequently acting on BPCIA and Hatch-Waxman patent litigation.

Strengths

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  • Bruce is one of the best and brightest patent litigators in the US.

    Intellectual Property: PatentChambers Guide to the USA
  • Bruce is one of the best and brightest patent litigators in the US.

    Intellectual PropertyChambers Guide to the USA
  • Bruce is a very capable trial lawyer who has a depth of knowledge in the patent field and is practical and efficient.

    Intellectual PropertyChambers Guide to the USA

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