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Haynes and Boone Orange County Expands Talent with Labor and Employment Partner

ORANGE COUNTY – The Labor and Employment Practice Group at Haynes and Boone, LLP has continued to expand its Orange County-based talent with the addition of Tamara Devitt as a partner. >>

Ken Parker in Corporate Counsel: The Start-Up That Was an Upstart

Two women who started a company that makes specialized hair care products were furious when they discovered that Sally Beauty Supply, a much larger company, had begun selling a competing product that was all too similar. Despite the daunting challenges of litigation, the women decided that they had no choice but to sue. And, against all odds, the case actually went to trial, and they won a jury verdict of more than $8 million. Then they settled for even more. >>

Mixed Chicks Obtains More Than $8 million Jury Verdict In Trademark and Trade Dress Infringement Case

SANTA ANA, CALIF. – A team of California-based Haynes and Boone, LLP attorneys has won a jury verdict against Sally Beauty Supply for a total of $8,114,535 in actual and punitive damages on behalf of Mixed Chicks LLC, maker of the well-known MIXED CHICKS® line of high-quality hair care products for individuals of mixed race or with naturally curly hair.

Mixed Chicks was represented from inception through trial by Kenneth G. Parker and Alan R. Wechsler of the Haynes and Boone Orange County office. >>



Haynes and Boone is one of the few large Texas-based firms with offices in Silicon Valley and Orange County. The California offices focus on Intellectual Property, and are part of the firm's nationwide IP practice.

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Orange County

One of the nation’s largest counties by population and the site of one of Haynes and Boone’s newest office locations, Orange County boasts 42 miles of coastline surrounded by wide beaches, rocky cliffs and sandy coves. Popularly known as “The OC”, rising to recent fame in California’s entertainment industry, Orange County is first and foremost a center of industry. The thriving economic community is home to a wide array of businesses, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to emerging technology ventures.

Catering to the needs of California’s premier technology industries and taking advantage of the West Coast’s global access, Haynes and Boone’s Orange County office has a strong focus on intellectual property, technology transactions, corporate and litigation services.

Our expansion into California heightens Haynes and Boone’s coast-to-coast capabilities while offering clients, particularly those doing business in California and Asia, the benefits of our expanded geographic base. Most of our California-based lawyers have earned engineering or technical degrees in addition to law degrees, enhancing their understanding of the intricacies of intellectual property.

With full-time IP lawyers nationwide, Haynes and Boone’s Orange County and Silicon Valley offices are backed by the full resources of the firm. Multidisciplinary teams are available to address the opportunities California offers for many of our clients in intellectual property as well as areas including in-bound Asian work, venture-funded corporate matters, and big-ticket litigation such as patent, securities, insurance coverage, and class action labor and employment matters.