Waddey & Patterson names new president

Jack Waddey and Mark Patterson have named Ed Lanquist president and managing partner of their 17-year-old intellectual property law firm.

Lanquist was the first associate to join Waddey & Patterson, which now houses 13 attorneys at its Roundabout Plaza office. Waddey said the move to put him in charge lets him and Patterson “focus exclusively on our first passion.”