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Co-Chair of Houston Harbaugh’s Litigation Practice, and Chair of its Intellectual Property Practice, Henry Sneath is a trial attorney, mediator, arbitrator and Federal Court Approved Mediation Neutral and Special Master with extensive federal and state court trial experience in cases involving commercial disputes, breach of contract litigation, intellectual property matters, patent, trademark and copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation, DTSA claims, cyber security, data breach prevention, mitigation and litigation and cyber insurance, artificial intelligence (AI) Matters, probate trusts and estates litigation, construction claims, eminent domain, professional negligence lawsuits, pharmaceutical, products liability and catastrophic injury litigation, insurance coverage, and insurance bad faith claims. He is currently serving as both lead trial counsel and local co-trial counsel in complex business and breach of contract litigation, patent infringement, trademark infringement and Lanham Act claims, products liability and catastrophic injury matters, and in matters related to cybersecurity, probate trusts and estates, employment, trade secrets, federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) and restrictive covenant claims. DTSALaw®
Henry has been recognized and listed in Best Lawyers in America in 6 categories: Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation, Personal Injury – Defense, and Legal Malpractice Plaintiff and Defense Litigation. He has been voted by his peers as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in Business Litigation and Intellectual Property. He was a fellow of the prestigious Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania for many years and has spoken at, chaired, facilitated and authored numerous seminars, CLE presentation, law firm retreats and public speaking events on a national basis. He is an accomplished national and regional public speaker and author and was awarded the Defense Lawyer of the Year Award by the Pennsylvania Defense Institute (PDI). He served as President of the 22,000 member international lawyer organization DRI (Defense Research Institute) in 2011-2012 and is a member of the IADC and ADTA organizations. He was Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Section and has held numerous other leadership roles in various organizations and on Boards of Directors. PSMNLaw®
He is currently representing clients in trademark and copyright matters and in patent infringement litigation matters pursuant to the Pittsburgh Federal Local Patent Rules promulgated by the Judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and in other jurisdictions. 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 as local counsel given 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. PSMN®
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. He has served as a Federal Court Special Master and mediator in large patent infringement litigation and has received certification in complex case and public policy mediation and facilitation from the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation (PON) taught by some of the country’s leading academicians on ADR at Harvard, MIT and Tufts University. He is also certified by the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (USDC WDPA) for their approved ADR panel of neutrals to handle mediations, Arbitrations, Early Neutral Evaluations (ENE) and Special Master appointments in business litigation, intellectual property including patent matters, insurance, employment, trade secrets and catastrophic injury cases. Henry also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Duquesne University School of Law teaching 2 courses: Trade Secret Law and the Law of Trademarks and Unfair Competition. He has 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. He can be found on Twitter @HenryMSneath and on LinkedIn. He also hosts, edits and writes an Intellectual Property and Technology Blog and Podcasts for Houston Harbaugh at
DTSALaw®, PSMN®, PSMNLaw® and Business Litigation. Pittsburgh Strong.® are federally registered trademarks of Houston Harbaugh, P.C.
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Three Gateway Center, 401 Liberty Avenue, 22nd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222
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Posted by Keith | June 22, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Intellectual Property
Excellent Trial Lawyer
Henry is a fantastic trial lawyer from start to end. Henry served as outside counsel for my company while I was Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Varian Medical Systems, in a very complex and difficult patent litigation in Pittsburgh, Pa. Henry was superb at initial case assessment an...
Litigation lawyer
2025
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Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in Business and IP Litigation, Super Lawyers
2021
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Patent, IP, Commercial, Legal Malpractice, Defense Litigation, Best Lawyers in America
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Martindale Hubbell AV Rating, Martindale Hubbell
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Avvo 10/10 Superb Rating, AVVO
2020
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2018 - Present
Shareholder/Director, Houston Harbaugh, P.C.
2016 - Present
Trade Secret Law and Law of Trademarks and Unfair Competition, Duquesne University School Of Law
2002 - 2017
Shareholder/Principal, Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C.
1998 - 2002
Partner, Doepken, Keevican and Weiss
1988 - 1998
Partner, Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek and Eck
2010 - Present
Association of Defense Trial AttorneysMember
2006 - Present
Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law AssociationMember
2005 - Present
American Intellectual Property Law AssociationMember
2004 - Present
International Association of Defense CounselMember
1985 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember
1984 - Present
Pennsylvania Bar AssociationMember and Former Chair Intellectual Property Section
2011 - 2012
DRI (Defense Research Institute)President
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Case was settled after dismissal, appeal, remand, trials and appeals
1983
Juris Doctor
1980
AB
2017
Leadership Principles
2017
Products Liability in the Internet of Things
2016
Cybersecurity and Data Breach Prevention and Response
2012
Presenting Business Valuation and IP Damages at Trial
2009
Sub-Prime and Financial Crisis Litigation
2008
The Law Firm of the Future
2008
Dispositive Motions
2006
Unfair Competition in IP Claims: The New Bad Faith?
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