After a short stint in retirement, a longtime leader of Philadelphia’s intellectual property bar, Roberta Jacobs-Meadway, has returned to the practice of law, joining Baker & Hostetler as of counsel.

Jacobs-Meadway retired from Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott in December. She had spent nearly a decade at the firm, having launched its Philadelphia IP practice in 2008. She became of counsel at Baker & Hostetler in mid-March.