Position: Partner

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FAX: 404-441-3134

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Website:  www.kilpatrickstockton.com

Admitted: 1974, Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; Georgia Court of Appeals

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Practice Areas: Class Action Litigation; Complex Business Litigation; Litigation; Patent Litigation; Product Liability; Toxic Torts; Trade Secrets

Additional Information: Bill Boice joined the firm as a litigation partner in June 1980. He served as chairman of the Litigation Practice Group from 1997 to 2001 and currently serves as the Team Leader of the Patent Litigation Team. Mr. Boice has substantial trial experience representing significant corporate clients in a wide variety of cases. His trial practice is focused on complex litigation including patent and trade secret litigation, class actions, business torts and other business litigation. Mr. Boice has tried cases in courts throughout the United States and has argued appeals in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Eleventh, and Federal Circuits, as well as The Georgia Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. Selected Experience · Lead defense counsel in multi-party patent infringement jury trial resulting in jury verdict finding plaintiff's patents invalid and not infringed. · Jury verdict for defendants in multi-week trial involving alleged theft of trade secrets and breach of non-competition covenants. · Lead counsel for major defense contractor in multi-district trade secret litigation. Lead counsel for several national banks in multiple party patent litigation pending in the Eastern District of Texas. · Obtained favorable settlements after successful Markman argument in patent litigation involving athletic equipment. · Jury verdict for defendant in case alleging antitrust, unfair competition and breach of contract claims. Background · Mr. Boice served as an officer in the United States Navy from 1968 through 1970, with tours in Vietnam on a heavy cruiser and in the North Atlantic as CIC Officer on a destroyer. · He is an active member of the Litigation Section of the Atlanta Bar Association and the State Bar of Georgia and the Bleckley Inn of Court. · Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. · Listed in The Best Lawyers in America. · AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Firm Members: David Hartsell

Firm Members: Cindy Hanson

Firm Members: Bradley Miller

Firm Members: Mara McRae

Firm Members: Audra Dial