The shortlists for Managing IP’s North America Awards 2016 are out. They reveal the nominees for best national US and Canadian firms, US regional firms and outstanding IP litigators.
Awards will also be presented to recognise in-house teams, outstanding individuals, and milestone cases of the year.
The North America Awards will be held on March 17 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington DC.
For more information on attending the awards, contact Alissa Rozen on +1 212 224 3673 or arozen@euromoneyny.com
Shortlists for Managing IP’s Global Awards were published last week, and can be viewed here.
See the list of winners and photos from previous awards on our dedicated page.
US AWARDS
National
Copyright
Debevoise & Plimpton
Durie Tangri
Fross Zelnick
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Kirkland & Ellis
Jenner & Block
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Firm to Watch
Beck Bismonte & Finley
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Chen Malin
McNeill Baur
Muncy Geissler Olds & Lowe
International Trade Commission
Adduci Mastriani & Schaumberg
Alston & Bird
Covington & Burling
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Foster Murphy Altman & Nickel
Kirkland & Ellis
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Life Sciences IP Litigation
Goodwin Procter
Jones Day
Paul Hastings
Sidley Austin
Williams & Connolly
WilmerHale
Winston & Strawn
Patent Contentious
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Irell & Manella
Kirkland & Ellis
McKool Smith
Morrison & Foerster
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
WilmerHale
Winston & Strawn
Patent Prosecution
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Fish & Richardson
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Haynes & Boone
Knobbe Martens
Marshall Gerstein & Borun
Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Plaintiff IP
Ahmad Zavitsanos Anaipakos Alavi Mensing
Desmarais
McKool Smith
Robins Kaplan
Susman Godfrey
PTAB
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Haynes & Boone
Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Paul Hastings
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
WilmerHale
Specialty IP Firm
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Knobbe Martens
Marshall Gerstein & Borun
Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Trademark Contentious
Debevoise & Plimpton
Kelly IP
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Kirkland & Ellis
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
Pirkey Barber
Sheppard Mullin
Trademark Prosecution
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Brooks Kushman
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Holland & Hart
Kelly IP
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
McDermott Will & Emery
Regional
Copyright East
Arnold & Porter
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Debevoise & Plimpton
Fross Zelnick
Jenner & Block
Kirkland & Ellis
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Winston & Strawn
Copyright West
Durie Tangri
Fenwick & West
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
King & Spalding
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Sheppard Mullin
Patent Contentious Midwest
Brooks Kushman
Erise IP
Husch Blackwell
Jenner & Block
Jones Day
Kirkland & Ellis
Sidley Austin
Winston & Strawn
Patent Contentious Northeast
Covington & Burling
Desmarais
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Kirkland & Ellis
Paul Hastings
Ropes & Gray
Williams & Connolly
WilmerHale
Patent Contentious South
Alston & Bird
Baker Botts
Fish & Richardson
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
McKool Smith
Norton Rose Fulbright
Susman Godfrey
Vinson & Elkins
Patent Contentious West
Cooley
Durie Tangri
Fish & Richardson
Irell & Manella
Knobbe Martens
Latham & Watkins
Morrison & Foerster
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Patent Prosecution Midwest
Banner & Witcoff
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Harness Dickey & Pierce
Leydig Voit & Mayer
Marshall Gerstein & Borun
McDermott Will & Emery
Merchant & Gould
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner
Patent Prosecution Northeast
Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch
Bookoff McAndrews
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Foley & Lardner
Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Sughrue Mion
Patent Prosecution South
Andrews Kurth
Baker Botts
Bracewell & Giuliani
Conley Rose
Haynes & Boone
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Norton Rose Fulbright
Patent Prosecution West
Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman
Fenwick & West
Fish & Richardson
Knobbe Martens
McDermott Will & Emery
Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg
Perkins Coie
Trademark Contentious Midwest
Banner & Witcoff
Barnes & Thornburg
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Jones Day
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
Trademark Contentious Northeast
Debevoise & Plimpton
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kelly IP
Kenyon & Kenyon
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Kirkland & Ellis
Trademark Contentious South
Haynes & Boone
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
King & Spalding
Norton Rose Fulbright
Pirkey Barber
Smith Gambrell & Russell
Trademark Contentious West
Cooley
Fenwick & West
Holland & Hart
K&L Gates
Knobbe Martens
Perkins Coie
Sheppard Mullin
Trademark Prosecution Midwest
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Brooks Kushman
Dorsey & Whitney
Leydig Voit & Mayer
McDermott Will & Emery
Norton Rose Fulbright
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
Trademark Prosecution Northeast
Arent Fox
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kelly IP
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Trademark Prosecution South
Bracewell & Giuliani
Haynes & Boone
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Norton Rose Fulbright
Pirkey Barber
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan
Trademark Prosecution West
Cooley
Fenwick & West
Holland & Hart
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Knobbe Martens
McDermott Will & Emery
Perkins Coie
Outstanding IP Litigator Awards
California
Annette Hurst, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Carlo Van den Bosch, Sheppard Mullin
Charles Verhoeven, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Joseph Gratz, Durie Tangri
Karen Boyd, Turner Boyd
Kenneth Steinthal, King & Spalding
Lisa Kobialka, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel
Morgan Chu, Irell & Manella
Rich de Bodo, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Colorado
David Sipiora, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Donald Degnan, Holland & Hart
John Posthumus, Sheridan Ross
Jon Trembath, Lathrop & Gage
Michael Dulin, Polsinelli
Natalie Hanlon-Leh, WilmerHale
Delaware
David Moore, Potter Anderson & Corroon
Douglas McCann, Fish & Richardson
Francis DiGiovanni, Drinker Biddle & Reath
Jack Blumenfeld, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell
Karen Jacobs, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell
District of Columbia
Adam Perlman, Williams & Connolly
Ahmed Davis, Fish & Richardson
Brian O'Shaughnessy, RatnerPrestia
David Kelly, Kelly IP
Douglas (Chip) Rettew, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Matthew Wolf, Arnold & Porter
Max Grant, Latham & Watkins
Shannon Bloodworth, Perkins Coie
Georgia
Holmes Hawkins, King & Spalding
Jeffrey Toney, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman
Mitch Stockwell, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
William Brewster, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Woody Jameson, Duane Morris
Illinois
Brad Lyerla, Jenner & Block
Constantine Trela, Sidley Austin
George Lombardi, Winston & Strawn
Meredith Martin Addy, Katten Muchin Rosenman
Michael Brody, Winston & Strawn
R David Donoghue, Holland & Knight
Russell Levine, Kirkland & Ellis
Massachusetts
Barbara Fiacco, Foley Hoag
Bill Lee, WilmerHale
Daryl Wiesen, Goodwin Procter
Eric Marandett, Choate Hall & Stewart
Frank Scherkenbach, Fish & Richardson
Sarah Columbia, McDermott Will & Emery
Steven Bauer, Proskauer Rose
Michigan
Frank Angileri, Brooks Kushman
Glenn Forbis, Harness Dickey & Pierce
J Michael Huget, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn
John Artz, Dickinson Wright
Mark Cantor, Brooks Kushman
Minnesota
Chris Larus, Robins Kaplan
J Derek Vandenburgh, Carlson Caspers
Jake Holdreith, Robins Kaplan
Jonathan Singer, Fish & Richardson
Kenneth Levitt, Dorsey & Whitney
Stephen Baird, Winthrop & Weinstine
New York
Andrew Bart, Jenner & Block
Bradford Badke, Ropes & Gray
Dimitrios Drivas, White & Case
Dominick Conde, Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Greg Arovas, Kirkland & Ellis
John Desmarais, Desmarais
Michael Elkin, Winston & Strawn
R Bruce Rich, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Pennsylvania
Dale Heist, BakerHostetler
Dianne Elderkin, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Martin Black, Dechert
Patrick McElhinny, K&L Gates
Texas
Bruce Sostek, Thompson & Knight
David McCombs, Haynes & Boone
Jason Cook, McGuire Woods
Li Chen, Chen Malin
Steve Meleen, Pirkey Barber
Theodore Stevenson, McKool Smith
Wasif Qureshi, Fish & Richardson
Virginia
Charles Lipsey, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Erika Arner, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Erin Dunston, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
Jack Barufka, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
James Heintz, DLA Piper
Scott McKeown, Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Washington
David Tellekson, Fenwick & West
Kevin Costanza, Seed IP
Nagendra Setty, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Stuart Dunwoody, Davis Wright Tremaine
William Rava, Perkins Coie
PTAB
David Cavanaugh, WilmerHale
David McCombs, Haynes & Boone
Eldora Ellison, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Erika Arner, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Naveen Modi, Paul Hastings
Scott McKeown, Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Steven Baughman, Ropes & Gray
CANADA AWARDS
Copyright
Blake Cassels & Graydon
Cassels Brock & Blackwell
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
McCarthy Tétrault
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Patent Contentious
Aitken Klee
Dimock Stratton
Goodmans
Gowling WLG
McCarthy Tétrault
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Patent Prosecution
Bereskin & Parr
Borden Ladner Gervais
Gowling WLG
Norton Rose Fulbright
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Trademark Contentious
Bereskin & Parr
Dimock Stratton
Gowling WLG
McCarthy Tétrault
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Trademark Prosecution
Blake Cassels & Graydon
Borden Ladner Gervais
Dimock Stratton
Gowling WLG
Specialty IP Firm
Aitken Klee
Bereskin & Parr
Dimock Stratton
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Outstanding Canada IP Practitioner
Casey Chisick, Cassels Brock & Blackwell
David Aitken, Aitken Klee
Dominique Hussey, Bennett Jones
Martin Kratz, Bennett Jones
Robert MacFarlane, Bereskin & Parr
Tracy Corneau, Borden Ladner Gervais
