Patricia S. Rogowski, a former intellectual property attorney at Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg’s Wilmington office, has joined Philadelphia-based Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel, where she said she will lead her new firm’s expansion into Delaware.

Rogowski is a 26-year veteran of Novak Druce. She joined the firm in 1987, when it was Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, and served as a partner since 1995, representing clients in the consumer products and food sciences industries. She said it was tough leaving her old firm, but is excited about the opportunity to establish Panitch Schwarze’s Delaware presence. She joined Panitch Schwarze on Feb. 3.