Heim, Payne & Chorush Adds Associate Maryam Sheikh in Houston
Heim, Payne & Chorush, LLP, has added recent law school graduate Maryam Sheikh as an associate in Houston.
Ms. Sheikh represents clients in patent disputes involving a broad range of technologies, including microprocessors, computer architecture, wireless local area networks, cellular systems, data transmission, and many other areas.
“Maryam is an exceptionally talented lawyer dedicated to accomplishing clients’ goals by doing things the right way,” says firm partner Leslie Payne. “She is a perfect fit for the interesting and important cases we handle every day.”
Ms. Sheikh supports Heim, Payne & Chorush’s experienced team of trial lawyers with extensive case law research, document preparation, and strategy development. Before beginning her legal career, she taught physics and chemistry at a Houston-area college preparatory school. She is fluent in Urdu and conversational in Punjabi and Hindi.
Ms. Sheikh is a cum laude graduate of the University of Houston Law Center, where she was a Dean’s List member and Articles Editor for the Houston Journal of International Law, which published her student comment.
Ms. Sheikh previously worked with the Anti-Defamation League and Bayou City Waterkeeper on cases involving civil rights, free speech, water rights, and other areas. She earned her undergraduate degree in physics with a minor in mathematics from Rice University.