Co-Chair of the Paul, Weiss Litigation Department, Liz Stotland Weiswasser leads teams handling complex competitor disputes for innovators across a variety of industries. Stotland Weiswasser combines deep scientific fluency with litigation and trial excellence and business insight to help clients achieve strategic outcomes in high-stakes disputes.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global IP Lawyers | 2026 | Litigation, Life Sciences, Patent |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2026 | Commercial Litigation |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2026 | IP Litigation, esp. Patent; Appellate |
| The Inaugural Lawdragon 500 Leading Global IP Lawyers | 2025 | Litigation, Life Sciences, Patent |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2025 | Commercial Litigation |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2025 | IP Litigation, esp. Patent; Appellate |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2024 | Commercial Litigation |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2024 | IP Litigation, esp. Patent; Appellate |
| Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2022 | IP Litigation, esp. Patent; Appellate |
Stotland Weiswasser is a well-regarded life sciences litigator. She is lead counsel to some of the world’s most important pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies, and has extensive experience in both in federal courts and in inter partes and post-grant review proceedings before the U.S. Patent Office. She has led patent cases across the full range of biopharma technologies, including a wide variety of biologics, small molecules, formulation, drug delivery and methods of treatment. Stotland Weiswasser also builds and leads teams in related areas of litigation in the life sciences industry, including in the antitrust and broader commercial areas. Stotland Weiswasser’s experience, along with her deep training in molecular biology and biochemistry, have established her as a well-versed litigator and counselor in the life sciences industry. Stotland Weiswasser is licensed before the U.S. Patent Office and Patent Trial and Appeal Board. She previously served as a law clerk to Judge Alan D. Lourie of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (1992-1994).
Stotland Weiswasser earned a B.A. in biochemistry and molecular biology from Northwestern University and did graduate work in molecular biology at Princeton University.