Withers opens in Boston as it hires trio of patent partners from Burns & Levinson 20 April 2021 New team expands firm's global tech practice, focusing on life sciences and venture capital Boston By Jose Luis Stephens; Shutterstock Withers has opened an office in Boston as part of a move to expand its international tech practice, with the addition of a team of life sciences and venture capital lawyers. The new Boston team includes partners John Serio, Richard Emmons and Christopher Cowles, who all join from Burns & Levinson, as well as patent specialist Kristina Scandore, who joins from Hamilton Brook Smith & Reynolds. The Boston team will be completed by Withers tech consultant Andrew Gay, who joined in 2018 when his previous firm JAG Shaw Baker merged with Withers.