DLA Piper has announced that Michael Jay has joined the firm's Intellectual Property and Technology practice as a partner in Los Angeles.

Jay, who will be a member of the Patent Litigation subgroup of the IPT practice, has represented a broad range of clients in jury and bench trials and appellate proceedings, in cases involving technologies such as telecommunication and wireless communication protocols, smartphones, integrated circuits, computer software, ethernet controllers, medical devices, biological products and pharmaceuticals.

""Michael is a skilled patent litigator whose experience covers a wide variety of areas,"" said Mark Fowler, global co-chair and US chair of DLA Piper's Patent Litigation practice. ""His deep familiarity with the range of technologies that are often involved in these cases will be an asset to our clients and will bolster our national and global patent litigation team.""

""We are thrilled to welcome Michael to the firm, where he will play an important role in strengthening our growing Intellectual Property and Technology practice in Los Angeles, along with Eric Hagen, who joined the firm in July,"" said Stuart Liner, co-managing partner of DLA Piper in Los Angeles. ""His experience will enable us to strengthen our IPT practice offerings and better serve the patent litigation needs of our clients on the West Coast.""

Jay, who joins from Boies Schiller Flexner, received his J.D. and his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley.