Venable LLP Elects Six Partners

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Venable LLP is pleased to announce that six of the firm's attorneys have been elected to partnership status: Robert S. Babayi, Ashley W. Craig, David M. Farnum, David H. Karceski, Christopher W. Pate, and Jason C. Rose.

"Each of the partners in Venable's class of 2009 exemplify the core Venable values: working hard, providing superior counsel to our clients, conforming to the highest ethical standards, significantly contributing to the communities in which we live and work, and treating those with whom we work with decency and respect," said Karl A. Racine, Venable's managing partner. "For more than 100 years, these attributes have been the calling card of a Venable partner, and I am pleased to welcome each of these dedicated attorneys to our partnership."

Robert S. Babayi, a member of Venable's Intellectual Property Litigation and Patent Prosecution Practice Groups, focuses on counseling clients on patent, licensing and IP litigation issues. Mr. Babayi draws on his electrical engineering background as well as his experience as in-house counsel at Motorola Inc. and IBM Corp. provide clients with advice on the relevance, strength and value of patents to commercial markets and in the development of practical patent strategies.

Mr. Babayi has prosecuted several hundred US patents with primary emphasis on wired and wireless telecommunications, computing architecture, network layer protocols, semi-conductors, manufacturing processes, power systems, object oriented programming and the Internet and e-commerce related inventions. He is very familiar with PCT practice, reexamination and re-issue proceedings.

Mr. Babayi received his J.D. from the University of Miami in 1992. He received his B.S.E.E. from Florida International University in 1981. Mr. Babayi is resident in Venable's Washington office.

Ashley W. Craig, a member of Venable's Legislative and Government Affairs Practice, maintains a diverse practice advising clients on a variety of domestic and international legislative, regulatory and policy matters. He counsels U.S. and foreign interests on transactional matters, cross-border regulatory and policy concerns, concentrating on homeland and transportation security matters. Mr. Craig's more recent homeland and transportation security legislative experience includes the SAFE Port Act of 2006, the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 and the Trade Act of 2002.