OCBA member Brent Babcock, an intellectual property litigation attorney, joins the growing Costa Mesa office of Womble Bond Dickinson. Babcock was previously at Knobbe Martens for more than 25 years.

Babcock primarily focuses on serving tech industry clients. He has extensive experience in USPTO trials and post-grant proceedings, including Inter Partes Review (IPR), Covered Business Method Review (CBM), Post Grant Review (PGR), and Derivation proceedings. Intellectual Asset Management magazine has repeatedly named Babcock one of its top 40 attorneys nationwide for PTAB post-grant matters. Babcock will head Womble Bond Dickinson’s PTAB Trials practice group.