Intellectual Property Attorney Wei Wei Jeang Joins Andrews Kurth as a Partner in Dallas

DALLAS, Jan. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce that attorney Wei Wei Jeang has joined the firm's Dallas office as a Partner in the Intellectual Property section.

Jeang's intellectual property practice focuses on procurement, licensing and enforcement of patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets. She represents high-tech clients ranging from individual inventors to Fortune 500 companies.

Prior to her legal career, Jeang worked as a research engineer at Caterpillar Inc., where she helped develop unmanned, GPS-guided mining trucks and other technology-controlled systems.

"We could not be more pleased to have Wei Wei join the IP group and our team in Dallas," says Mark Solomon, Managing Partner of the Dallas office. "She is one of the top IP lawyers in Texas, and brings a tremendous amount of legal and real-world engineering experience that will be a wonderful asset to our clients."

Jeang represents clients in a wide variety of industries, including telecommunications, computer hardware and software, Internet-based online systems, semiconductor devices and medical devices.

"I look forward to working with the great group of attorneys at Andrews Kurth," says Jeang. "The firm's Intellectual Property group has a tremendous reputation, and clients no doubt benefit from all of the great lawyers in each of the firm's practices."

Jeang earned her law degree from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, and her undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign. She has been named to the "Best Lawyers in Dallas" list by D Magazine and has earned a spot on the Texas Super Lawyers listing in Texas Monthly magazine.

About Andrews Kurth LLP

For more than a century, Andrews Kurth has built its practice on the belief that "straight talk is good business." Real answers, clear vision and mutual respect define the firm's relationships with clients, colleagues, communities and employees. With 400 lawyers and offices in Austin, Beijing, Dallas, Houston, London, New York, The Woodlands and Washington, DC, Andrews Kurth represents a wide array of clients in multiple industries. For more information about Andrews Kurth, please visit andrewskurth.com.

SOURCE Andrews Kurth LLP