Russell J Genet
Litigation Support Guide 2024
Band 2 : Litigation Funding: Intellectual Property
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Band 2
About
Provided by Russell J Genet
Practice Areas
Russ is responsible for investment sourcing, underwriting and monitoring investments primarily involving intellectual property actions, such as inter partes reviews; patent, trademark and copyright infringement; and theft of trade secrets.
Career
Prior to joining Longford Capital, Russ was a partner in the international firm Nixon Peabody, where he served as the leader of the firm’s IP Litigation Practice Group. Russ has defended and monetized intellectual property rights in a wide array of industries, including electronics, computers, software, telecommunications, and medical devices. Russ has extensive experience litigating complex intellectual property matters in federal courts throughout the United States and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and has prosecuted patent applications and represented clients in interferences, ex parte reexaminations, and inter partes reviews before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Personal
About Longford, Russ said, “We are expert not only in litigation finance but also in large commercial litigation. We have funded all types of cases and have worked with some of the largest law firms in the world. This experience enables us to be creative in developing deal structures that work for any type of unique situation.”
Chambers Review
Litigation Support
Russell Genet is a director at Longford and former intellectual property partner at Nixon Peabody, where he had a well-established practice acting for clients in intellectual property rights cases across a range of sectors. His current responsibilities include underwriting and investment sourcing.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Russ is a terrific lawyer, extremely knowledgeable about patent law and a pleasure to work with."
"Russ is highly meticulous, extremely good at communication, highly sincere, hard-working, most astute, and always asking thorough and highly detailed questions."
"Russ is pragmatic, thoughtful and collaborative: a resourceful contributor we consider a partner."
"Russ is a terrific lawyer, extremely knowledgeable about patent law and a pleasure to work with."
"Russ is highly meticulous, extremely good at communication, highly sincere, hard-working, most astute, and always asking thorough and highly detailed questions."
"Russ is pragmatic, thoughtful and collaborative: a resourceful contributor we consider a partner."
Articles, highlights and press releases
2 items provided by Longford Capital Management
Longford Capital Teams up with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP to Offer Litigation Funding
Longford Capital entered into a $50 million funding agreement with Willkie Farr & Gallagher to fund attorneys’ fees and litigation costs, and to monetize the value of meritorious legal claims for Willkie’s clients involved in commercial litigation cases handled by Willkie's Chicago office.
Longford Capital Raises $682 Million for New Investment Fund
Longford Capital Management announced the final closing of its most recent fund at $682 million. Longford’s assets under management now exceed $1.2 billion, placing it among the largest private equity firms focused on investments in legal assets.
Longford Capital Teams up with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP to Offer Litigation Funding
Longford Capital entered into a $50 million funding agreement with Willkie Farr & Gallagher to fund attorneys’ fees and litigation costs, and to monetize the value of meritorious legal claims for Willkie’s clients involved in commercial litigation cases handled by Willkie's Chicago office.
Longford Capital Raises $682 Million for New Investment Fund
Longford Capital Management announced the final closing of its most recent fund at $682 million. Longford’s assets under management now exceed $1.2 billion, placing it among the largest private equity firms focused on investments in legal assets.