WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – William P. DiSalvatore, partner in the New York office of Boston’s Hale and Dorr, has been selected by The National Law Journal as one of the nation's top "40 Under 40", a list of forty leading litigators in America under the age of forty. Selections were based on data that combined the suggestions of prominent lawyers, nominations from the journal’s readers and research on attorneys under the age of forty.

DiSalvatore, age 36, is an intellectual property and commercial litigation specialist who represents clients in a variety of technology-related industries, including biotechnology, pharmaceutical, biomedical and telecommunications. In recent matters, DiSalvatore served as lead counsel in patent litigations relating to genetically modified plants; litigated patent and trade-secret disputes involving protein engineering and antibody evolution; and represented clients in strategic licensing of chemical processes for the manufacturer of AIDS pharmaceuticals. He also directed the acquisition of rights related to leading strategist for corporations in dealing with foreign trade restrictions. He was recently retained, for example by two biotechnology firms to develop their litigation strategy in dealing with China over that nation’s proposed trade restrictions on soybeans. William DiSalvatore is admitted to practice in New York and Connecticut, and is a member of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of New York, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Federal Circuit.

Mr. DiSalvatore received a J.D. degree, cum laude, from Pace Law School, where he was the articles editor of The Pace Law Review. He also received his B.S., cum laude, in biochemistry and biomedical engineering from Hofstra University.