Mr. Sneath is a Shareholder and Director at Pittsburgh's Houston Harbaugh, P.C. law firm and is a business litigation, IP and tort trial lawyer who has tried over 95 cases to verdict. He specializes in business litigation, intellectual property, patent, trademark and copyright infringement, cybersecurity, data breach, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and technology law issues, employment litigation, products liability, industrial accidents, insurance coverage bad faith litigation. He is a Certified Mediator and Arbitrator and is served as a Federal Court Special Master in patent infringement and complex matters. He received his J.D. degree in 1983 from Duquesne University School of Law where he now serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law teaching Trade Secret Law and the Law of Trademarks and Unfair Competition. During law school, he served as a law clerk to the Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He has been designated by his peers as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in the fields of Business and Intellectual Property Litigation and is listed in 5 litigation categories of Best Lawyers in America: Commercial, Intellectual Property, Patent, Personal Injury Defense and Legal Malpractice Litigation. He was the 2011-2012 President and Member of the Board of Directors of the 22,000 member international lawyer organization DRI (Defense Research Institute), and is the former Chair of its Commercial Litigation Committee and Intellectual Property Subcommittee. He is a frequent lecturer and course planner for seminars on a wide range of business litigation, products liability, intellectual property and litigation topics. He is the former editor of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's (PBA) Civil Litigation Section newsletter magazine and Former Chair of the PBA Intellectual Property Law Section. He is Peer Review Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale Hubbell and is a member of IADC, USLAW NETWORK, ADTA, ABA, AIPLA and PIPLA (American and Pittsburgh IP Law Associations).
- Harvard Law School
- Program On Negotiation | Complex Negotiation, Mediation, Alternate Dispute Resolution, Arbitration
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- Duquesne University
- J.D.
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- Hamilton College
- B.A | English, Economics
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- Honors: Clark Prize for Most Outstanding Public Speaker
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- Shareholder/Director
- Houston Harbaugh, P.C.
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- Mr. Sneath has extensive federal and state court trial experience in cases involving commercial disputes, intellectual property matters, construction claims, professional negligence lawsuits, pharmaceutical and products liability litigation, toxic torts, insurance coverage and insurance bad faith claims. He is currently representing clients in products liability, trademark and copyright matters and in patent litigation matters pursuant to the Local Patent Rules promulgated by the Judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. These rules are designed to make the Pennsylvania Western District a forum of choice for patent infringement and invalidation actions. He is also prepared to assist out-of-state law firms and their clients with the intricacies of these Local Patent Rules which provide a procedural mechanism for accelerated case disposition, and numerous changes to the processes of Federal Rule 26 disclosure, claim construction, use of experts and infringement and invalidation contention disclosure. He has tried over 95 cases to jury and non-jury verdict in Federal and State Court jurisdictions and has helped clients resolve disputes through a variety of Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures. Mr. Sneath has also devoted Pro Bono time to the representation of battered women in Protection from Abuse hearings and trials and is active in his Church and community.
- Shareholder/Principal
- Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C.
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- Mr. Sneath has extensive federal and state court trial experience in cases involving commercial disputes, intellectual property matters, construction claims, professional negligence lawsuits, pharmaceutical and products liability litigation, toxic torts, insurance coverage and insurance bad faith claims. He is currently representing clients in products liability, trademark and copyright matters and in patent litigation matters pursuant to the Local Patent Rules promulgated in 2005 by the Judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. These rules are designed to make the Pennsylvania Western District a forum of choice for patent infringement and invalidation actions. He is also prepared to assist out-of-state law firms and their clients with the intricacies of these Local Patent Rules which provide a procedural mechanism for accelerated case disposition, and numerous changes to the processes of Federal Rule 26 disclosure, claim construction, use of experts and infringement and invalidation contention disclosure. He has tried over 90 cases to jury and non-jury verdict in Federal and State Court jurisdictions and has helped clients resolve disputes through a variety of Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures. Mr. Sneath has also devoted Pro Bono time to the representation of battered women in Protection from Abuse hearings and trials and is active in his Church and community.
- Partner
- Doepken, Keevican and Weiss
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- Partner
- Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek and Eck
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- Trade Secret / DTSA Law Class, Adjunct Professor Lecture, Duquesne University School of Law
- Serving as Adjunct Professor of Trade Secret Law at Duquesne University School of Law
- AV Rating
- Martindale Hubbell
- Best Lawyers In America
- Best Lawyers
- Super Lawyers In Pennsylvania
- Law and Politics Magazine
- 10/10 Superb
- Avvo
- 2012 Defense Lawyer of the Year
- Pennsylvania Defense Institute (PDI)
- Pennsylvania State Bar
- Member
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- American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
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- Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association (PIPLA)
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- Allegheny County Bar Association
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- Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Fellow
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- IADC
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- Activities: Business Litigation and Products Liability Committees
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- Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (ADTA)
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- DRI (Defense Research Institute)
- Past President
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- Activities: Henry Sneath served as an Officer and Past President of DRI, a 22,000 member international organization of lawyers who primarily defend businesses and individuals in civil litigation. For more information, please visit: www.dri.org or www.dritoday.org
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- Pennsylvania
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- 3rd Circuit
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- United States District Courts Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania
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- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Intellectual Property
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Litigation, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Trademarks
- Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
- Patents
- Patent Appeals, Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution
- Employment Law
- Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business - Arbitration/Mediation
- Communications & Internet Law
- Internet Law, Media & Advertising, Telecommunications Law
- Legal Malpractice
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Insurance Defense
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- Energy, Oil & Gas Law
- Utilities
- Business Litigation
- Trade Secrets, DTSA and Unfair Competition
- Cybersecurity, Data Breach and AI Issues: Prevention, Mitigation and Litigation
- Industrial Accidents
- Insurance Bad Faith
- English