By Liz McKenzie

Law360, New York (March 30, 2010, 3:48 PM ET) -- Former Sidley Austin LLP intellectual property litigator Sandra Bresnick has jumped to Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP to co-chair the firm’s global life sciences practice group.

Bresnick said she chose Quinn Emanuel because of its strong and growing reputation in patent litigation.

“Quinn Emanuel’s award-winning intellectual property practice is already legendary,” she said.

Bresnick, who was part of the Sidley Austin team responsible for garnering a $12.5 million settlement on behalf of client Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. in February, works primarily in patent litigation involving medical...