WSJ reports: As Apple and Samsung dig in for weeks of jostling in a federal
courtroom here, the contrasting personalities and tactics of their head lawyers
are adding to the drama.
On one side is 65-year-old veteran Harold McElhinny, who
represents Apple and came of age well before the dot-com boom. He has been
involved in a number of high-stakes intellectual property cases, including
Fujitsu Ltd.'s 6702.TO -2.58% fight against International Business Machines
Inc. IBM +1.82% in the 1990s and Pioneer Corp.'s 6773.TO -6.98% battle against
Samsung's television subsidiary in the past decade.
Mr. McElhinny, who works in the San Francisco office of
Morrison & Foerster LLP, is a storyteller who portrays himself to jurors as
a straight shooter. In his opening
statement Tuesday, he promised to "be honest" with the jury and said
it was his job to "make sure that the evidence comes in clearly, that it
gives you what you need to do your job."
Defending Samsung is 49-year-old Charles Verhoeven, an Iowa
native who is soft-spoken and intense…
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