E. Anthony Figg

Tony and the firm also have extensive experience in representing clients in connection with complex biotechnology. He has an active practice in advising and representing clients involved in innovative biopharma research, as well as clients engaged in the development and marketing of biosimilars.

In addition to his accomplishments as an attorney, Tony has been extensively involved in professional organizations, frequently in leadership roles. He is a former Chair of the Section of Intellectual Property Law (IPL) of the American Bar Association (ABA), the largest organization of patent attorneys in the world. He also served a four-year term on the IPL Section's Council and has chaired several of its divisions and committees. He chaired the IPL Section's Patent Law Reform Task Force for several years. He also served on the ABA's Standing Committee on Amicus Curiae Briefs and is a former member of the ABA's Coordinating Committee on Bioethics.

He is a longstanding member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), the Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI), the District of Columbia Bar and its Intellectual Property Law Section, and the Licensing Executives Society. In past years, he served on the Patent Law Working Group of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), the Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property of the Franklin Pierce Law School, and the Georgetown University Law School Advisory Committee.

Tony is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL) and a fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He also has been inducted into the LMG Life Sciences Hall of Fame.

He is recognized as a Luminary in the D.C. Metro Area by Intellectual Asset Management’s (IAM) Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals (2013-2024), and was selected to the Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers list in the field of Intellectual Property Litigation for more than ten consecutive years. He is included in the Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers Top 100 list (2018-2024). Additionally, since 2008, he has been identified in The Best Lawyers in America® guide in Washington, D.C., in the fields of Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law, and Trademark Law. In 2011, 2013, 2018, and 2019 he was named “Lawyer of the Year” in Washington, D.C. for Intellectual Property Law, Litigation – Patent, Litigation – Intellectual Property, and Patent Law, respectively, by Best Lawyers®. Tony was also selected for The International Who's Who of Patent Lawyers (2010-2020), named a Life Sciences Star by LMG Life Sciences (2013-2024), and ranked as a Patent Star in the District of Columbia by Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) IP Stars (2013-2024).

Tony received a J.D. from Indiana University School of Law and a B.S. in Chemistry from Rose Polytechnic Institute (now Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology). He is admitted to the Bar of the District of Columbia, and admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Tony is also registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.