Peter Heuser, a shareholder in the Portland office of regional law firm Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, recently joined the board of directors of Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette (PPCW).

PPCW is the largest nonprofit family planning and reproductive rights organization in Oregon and southwest Washington. Its mission is to provide, promote and protect access to sexual and reproductive health care.

Heuser focuses his practice in the areas of patent prosecution and litigation of patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and cybersquatting matters. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in jury trials, and has been successful in obtaining major jury verdicts for his clients. Super Lawyers magazine recognized Heuser as an Oregon Super Lawyer in 2011, and in 2010, he was named as the Best Lawyers 2010 Intellectual Property Attorney of the year for Portland. Heuser graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison with a juris doctor degree.