The shortlists for Managing IP’s North America Awards 2016 are now live. They reveal the nominees for best national US and Canadian firms, US regional firms and outstanding IP litigators.
The winners of the North America Awards will be revealed at a dinner on March 23 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington DC.
Awards will also be presented for most influential individual and lifetime achievement, as well as for milestone cases of the year.
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 have also been published, and can be viewed here. Those awards will be revealed at a dinner in London on March 9.
You can see the list of winners and photos from previous awards on our dedicated page.
NORTH AMERICA 2017 SHORTLISTS
US Regional Awards
Patent Prosecution: Northeast
Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Sughrue Mion
WilmerHale
Patent Prosecution: South
Alston & Bird
Andrews Kurth Kenyon
Baker Botts
Bracewell
Haynes & Boone
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
King & Spalding
Norton Rose Fulbright
Patent Prosecution: Midwest
Banner & Witcoff
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Harness Dickey & Pierce
Leydig Voit & Mayer
Marshall Gerstein & Borun
McDermott Will & Emery
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner
Patent Prosecution: West
Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman
Fenwick & West
Fish & Richardson
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
McDermott Will & Emery
Perkins Coie
Patent Contentious: Northeast
Desmarais
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Irell & Manella
Jones Day
Kirkland & Ellis
Paul Hastings
Sidley Austin
Weil Gotshal & Manges
WilmerHale
Winston & Strawn
Patent Contentious: South
Alston & Bird
Baker Botts
Haynes & Boone
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
McKool Smith
Norton Rose Fulbright
Susman Godfrey
Patent Contentious: Midwest
Brooks Kushman
Husch Blackwell
Jenner & Block
Jones Day
Kirkland & Ellis
Sidley Austin
Winston & Strawn
Patent Contentious: West
Cooley
Durie Tangri
Irell & Manella
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Trade Mark Prosecution: Northeast
Arent Fox
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kelly IP
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Trade Mark Prosecution: South
Bracewell
Greenberg Traurig
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Norton Rose Fulbright
Pirkey Barber
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan
Trade Mark Prosecution: Midwest
Banner & Witcoff
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Brooks Kushman
Dorsey & Whitney
Leydig Voit & Mayer
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
Trade Mark Prosecution: West
Cooley
Fenwick & West
Greenberg Traurig
Holland & Hart
K&L Gates
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Perkins Coie
Trade Mark Contentious: Northeast
Debevoise & Plimpton
Dorsey & Whitney
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kelly IP
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Kirkland & Ellis
Trade Mark Contentious: South
Haynes & Boone
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
King & Spalding
Norton Rose Fulbright
Pirkey Barber
Trade Mark Contentious: Midwest
Banner & Witcoff
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Brooks Kushman
Jones Day
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Merchant & Gould
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
Trademark Contentious: West
Cooley
Fenwick & West
Holland & Hart
K&L Gates
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Perkins Coie
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Copyright: East
Arnold & Porter
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Debevoise & Plimpton
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Jenner & Block
Kirkland & Ellis
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Winston & Strawn
Copyright: West
Durie Tangri
Fenwick & West
Irell & Manella
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
King & Spalding
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
US National Awards
Patent Prosecution: National
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Haynes & Boone
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Marshall Gerstein & Borun
Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner
Patent Contentious: National
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Irell & Manella
Jones Day
Kirkland & Ellis
McKool Smith
Morrison & Foerster
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Susman Godfrey
WilmerHale
Trade Mark Prosecution: National
Banner & Witcoff
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Fenwick & West
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kelly IP
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Trade Mark Contentious: National
Debevoise & Plimpton
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kelly IP
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
Pirkey Barber
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Copyright: National
Debevoise & Plimpton
Durie Tangri
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Jenner & Block
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Kirkland & Ellis
Appellate
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Irell & Manella
Jenner & Block
Jones Day
McCarter & English
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Susman Godfrey
Weil Gotshal
WilmerHale
International Trade Commission
Adduci Mastriani & Schaumberg
Alston & Bird
Covington & Burling
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Foster Murphy Altman & Nickel
Kirkland & Ellis
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Life Sciences IP Litigation
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Goodwin Procter
Paul Hastings
Sidley Austin
Williams & Connolly
WilmerHale
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Plaintiff IP Firm of the Year
Desmarais
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
McKool Smith
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Robins Kaplan
Susman Godfrey
Transactional Firm of the Year
Cooley
Latham & Watkins
Morrison & Foerster
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
PTAB Firm of the Year
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Specialty IP Firm of the Year
Durie Tangri
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Marshall Gerstein & Borun
Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Firm to Watch
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Chen Malin
McNeill Bauer
Muncy Geissler Olds & Lowe
Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik
Individual Awards
Outstanding Litigator: California
Wayne Barsky, Gibson Dunn
Dion Bregman, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Neel Chatterjee, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Daralyn Durie, Durie Tangri
Susan Heller, Greenberg Traurig
Annette Hurst, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Michael Jacobs, Morrison & Foerster
Lisa Kobialka, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel
Outstanding Litigator: Colorado
Donald Degnan, Holland & Hart
Natalie Hanlon-Leh, WilmerHale
Peter Kinsella, Perkins Coie
John Posthumus, Sheridan Ross
Jon Trembath, Lathrop & Gage
Outstanding Litigator: Delaware
Jack Blumenfeld, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell
Francis DiGiovanni, Drinker Biddle & Reath
Karen Jacobs, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell
Douglas McCann, Fish & Richardson
David Moore, Potter Anderson & Corroon
Outstanding Litigator: District of Columbia
David Cavanaugh, WilmerHale
Ruffin Cordell, Fish & Richardson
Anish Desai, Weil Gotshal & Manges
David Frazier, Latham & Watkins
Max Grant, Latham & Watkins
Jonathan Hudis, Quarles & Brady
William Jay, Goodwin Procter
David Kelly, Kelly IP
Mark Perry, Gibson Dunn
Sanya Sukduang, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Matthew Wolf, Arnold & Porter
Outstanding Litigator: Georgia
William Brewster, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Holmes Hawkins, King & Spalding
Charles Henn, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Woody Jameson, Duane Morris
Lawrence Nodine, Ballard Spahr
Mitchell Stockwell, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Jeffrey Toney, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman
Outstanding Litigator: Illinois
Meredith Martin Addy, Katten Muchin Rosenman
Michael Brody, Winston & Strawn
Richard Cederoth, Sidley Austin
Mark Feldman, DLA Piper
James Hurst, Kirkland & Ellis
George Lombardi, Winston & Strawn
Floyd Mandell, Katten Muchin Rosenman
David Nelson, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
David Pritikin, Sidley Austin
Outstanding Litigator: Massachusetts
Lee Bromberg, McCarter & English
Sarah Columbia, McDermott Will & Emery
Anthony Downs, Goodwin Procter
Barbara Fiacco, Foley Hoag
Douglas Kline, Goodwin Procter
William Lee, WilmerHale
Eric Marandett, Choate Hall & Stewart
Mark Puzella, Fish & Richardson
Donald Ware, Foley Hoag
Daryl Wiesen, Goodwin Procter
Outstanding Litigator: Michigan
Frank Angileri, Brooks Kushman
John Artz, Dickinson Wright
Mark Cantor, Brooks Kushman
Glenn Forbis, Harness Dickey & Pierce
Michael Huget, Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn
Outstanding Litigator: Minnesota
Alan Carlson, Carlson Caspers
Jan Conlin, Ciresi Conlin
Jon Dragseth, Fish & Richardson
Jake Holdreith, Robins Kaplan
Christopher Larus, Robins Kaplan
Jonathan Singer, Fish & Richardson
Derek Vandenburgh, Carlson Caspers
Outstanding Litigator: New Jersey
Scott Christie, McCarter & English
Gerard Norton, Fox Rothschild
Frank Politano, K&L Gates
Robert Rhoad, Dechert
Bruce Sales, Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik
Outstanding Litigator: New York
Greg Arovas, Kirkland & Ellis
David Bernstein, Debevoise & Plimpton
Dale Cendali, Kirkland & Ellis
John Desmarais, Desmarais
Anthony Dreyer, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Peter Harvey, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler
Thomas Meloro, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Joshua Rosenkranz, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Outstanding Litigator: Pennsylvania
Martin Black, Dechert
Stephen Driscoll, Saul Ewing
Dianne Elderkin, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Dale Heist, BakerHostetler
Steven Maslowski, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Patrick McElhinny, K&L Gates
Outstanding Litigator Award: Texas
Sam Baxter, McKool Smith
Douglas Cawley, McKool Smith
Li Chen, Chen Malin
Deron Dacus, Dacus Law Firm
John Keville, Winston & Strawn
David McCombs, Haynes & Boone
Steve Meleen, Pirkey Barber
Bruce Sostek, Thompson & Knight
Theodore Stevenson, McKool Smith
Outstanding Litigator: Virginia
Erika Arner, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Jack Barufka, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Charles Lipsey, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Scott McKeown, Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Larry Nixon, Nixon & Vanderhye
Outstanding Litigator: Washington
Kevin Costanza, Seed IP
Michael Keyes, Dorsey & Whitney
Brian Park, Stoel Rives
Paul Parker, Perkins Coie
William Rava, Perkins Coie
Nagendra Setty, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Grace Han Stanton, Perkins Coie
David Tellekson, Fenwick & West
Pallavi Wahi, K&L Gates
Outstanding Litigator: PTAB
Erika Arner, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
David Cavanaugh, WilmerHale
Lori Gordon, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
James Hannah, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel
Scott McKeown, Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Naveen Modi, Paul Hastings
Karl Renner, Fish & Richardson
Michael Rosato, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Outstanding Appellate Practitioner:
Andrew Bart, Jenner & Block
Donald Dunner, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Annette Hurst, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Michael Jakes, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
William Jay, Goodwin Procter
William Lee, WilmerHale
Joseph Palmore, Morrison & Foerster
Josh Rosenkranz, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Kathleen Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Canada National Awards
Patent Prosecution
Bereskin & Parr
Gowling WLG
Norton Rose Fulbright
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Patent Contentious
Aitken Klee
Belmore Neidrauer
Goodmans
Gowling WLG
McCarthy Tétrault
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Trade Mark Prosecution
Bereskin & Parr
Borden Ladner Gervais
Gowling WLG
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Trade Mark Contentious
Bereskin & Parr
Blake Cassels & Graydon
Gowling WLG
McCarthy Tétrault
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Copyright
Blake Cassels & Graydon
Cassels Brock & Blackwell
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
Gowling WLG
McCarthy Tétrault
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Canada Speciality Firm
Aitken Klee
Bereskin & Parr
Deeth Williams Wall
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Canada Outstanding IP Practitioner
Marguerite Ethier, Lenczner Slaght
Steven Garland, Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
François Guay, Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Dominique Hussey, Bennett Jones
Jason Markwell, Belmore Neidrauer
Christopher Van Barr, Gowling WLG
