Awards will be presented in national, regional and state categories for the US and national only for Canada.
For more information on the North America Awards, contact Alissa Rozen at arozen@euromoneyny.com
The awards take place the same day as Managing IP’s US Patent Forum.
US NATIONAL AWARDS
COPYRIGHT NATIONAL
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Debevoise & Plimpton
Durie Tangri
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Jenner & Block
Loeb & Loeb
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
TRADEMARK CONTENTIOUS NATIONAL
Cooley
Debevoise & Plimpton
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Kirkland & Ellis
Pirkey Barber
TRADEMARK PROSECUTION NATIONAL
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Fenwick & West
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
K&L Gates
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
PATENT CONTENTIOUS NATIONAL
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Irell & Manella
Jones Day
Kirkland & Ellis
Morrison & Foerster
Sidley Austin
WilmerHale
PATENT PROSECUTION NATIONAL
Dorsey & Whitney
Fenwick & West
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Knobbe Martens
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Covington & Burling
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Kirkland & Ellis
Morrison & Foerster
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Steptoe & Johnson
WilmerHale
SPECIALTY IP FIRM OF THE YEAR NATIONAL
Banner & Witcoff
Desmarais
Durie Tangri
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Kenyon & Kenyon
Knobbe Martens
Marshall Gerstein & Borun
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
PLAINTIFF IP FIRM OF THE YEAR
Desmarais
McKool Smith
Niro Haller & Niro
Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi
Susman Godfrey
PHARMA IP LITIGATION
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Irell & Manella
Jones Day
Paul Hastings
Williams & Connolly
WilmerHale
Winston & Strawn
LIFE SCIENCE & BIOTECHNOLOGY
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Goodwin Procter
Jones Day
Morrison & Foerster
Ropes & Gray
US REGIONAL AWARDS
COPYRIGHT NORTHEAST
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Debevoise & Plimpton
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Jenner & Block
Kirkland & Ellis
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Proskauer Rose
WilmerHale
COPYRIGHT SOUTH
Alston & Bird
Arnold & Porter
Greenberg Traurig
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
King & Spalding
COPYRIGHT MIDWEST
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Jenner & Block
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Kirkland & Ellis
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
COPYRIGHT WEST
Davis Wright Tremaine
Durie Tangri
Fenwick & West
Greenberg Traurig
Jenner & Block
Loeb & Loeb
McDermott Will & Emery
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
TRADEMARK CONTENTIOUS NORTHEAST
Debevoise & Plimpton
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Kirkland & Ellis
Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green
TRADEMARK CONTENTIOUS SOUTH
Haynes & Boone
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
King & Spalding
Norton Rose Fulbright
Pirkey Barber
Smith Gambrell & Russell
TRADEMARK CONTENTIOUS MIDWEST
Banner & Witcoff
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Jones Day
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Leydig Voit & Mayer
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
TRADEMARK CONTENTIOUS WEST
Cooley
Dorsey & Whitney
Fenwick & West
K&L Gates
Keker & Van Nest
Perkins Coie
TRADEMARK PROSECUTION NORTHEAST
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kenyon & Kenyon
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
TRADEMARK PROSECUTION SOUTH
Baker Botts
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Greenberg Traurig
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Norton Rose Fulbright
Pirkey Barber
TRADEMARK PROSECUTION MIDWEST
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Foley & Lardner
Husch Blackwell
Leydig Voit & Mayer
Marshall Gerstein & Borun
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
TRADEMARK PROSECUTION WEST
Cooley
Fenwick & West
Greenberg Traurig
K&L Gates
Knobbe Martens
Perkins Coie
PATENT CONTENTIOUS NORTHEAST
Arnold & Porter
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Gibson Dunn
Jones Day
WilmerHale
PATENT CONTENTIOUS SOUTH
Alston & Bird
Baker Botts
Duane Morris
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
McKool Smith
Susman Godfrey
PATENT CONTENTIOUS MIDWEST
Baker Hostetler
Frost Brown Todd
Jenner & Block
Jones Day
Kirkland & Ellis
Sidley Austin
PATENT CONTENTIOUS WEST
Cooley
Dorsey & Whitney
Durie Tangri
Fenwick & West
Irell & Manella
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Kirkland & Ellis
Morrison & Foerster
Munger Tolles & Olson
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
PATENT PROSECUTION NORTHEAST
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Foley & Lardner
Kenyon & Kenyon
Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier and Neustadt
Rothwell Figg Ernst & Manbeck
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
PATENT PROSECUTION SOUTH
Alston & Bird
Baker Botts
Bracewell & Giuliani
Greenberg Traurig
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
King & Spalding
Norton Rose Fulbright
PATENT PROSECUTION MIDWEST
Banner & Witcoff
Foley & Lardner
Harness Dickey
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn
Marshall Gerstein & Borun
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner
Shook Hardy & Bacon
PATENT PROSECUTION WEST
Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman
Fenwick & West
Fish & Richardson
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Knobbe Martens
Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg
Perkins Coie
STATE AWARDS
CALIFORNIA
Morgan Chu, Irell & Manella
John Crittenden, Cooley
Daralyn Durie, Durie Tangri
Annette Hurst, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Kelly Klaus, Munger Tolles
Alexander MacKinnon, Kirkland & Ellis
Michael Rhodes, Cooley
Darryl Woo, Fenwick
COLORADO
Jim Brogan, Cooley
Timothy Getzoff, Holland & Hart
Charlene Krogh, Dorsey & Whitney
John Posthumus, Sheridan Ross
David Sipiora, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Joseph Smith, Jr, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott
Gregory Tamkin, Dorsey & Whitney
DELAWARE
Jack Blumenfeld, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell
Rudolf Hutz, Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg
Douglas McCann, Fish & Richardson
Adam Poff, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor
Philip Rovner, Potter Anderson & Corroon
GEORGIA
William Boice, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
William Dyer, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Holmes Hawkins, King & Spalding
Woody Jameson, Duane Morris
Wab Kadaba, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Douglas Salyers, Troutman Sanders
ILLINOIS
Meredith Martin Addy, Steptoe & Johnson
Kevin Flowers, Marshall Gerstein & Borun
Bruce Gagala, Leydig Voit & Mayer
James Hurst, Winston & Strawn
George Lombardi, Winston & Strawn
David Pritikin, Sidley Austin
MASSACHUSETTS
Sarah Columbia, McDermott Will & Emery
Tony Downs, Goodwin Procter
Matthew Lowrie, Foley & Lardner
William Lee, WilmerHale
Eric Marandett, Choate Hall & Stewart
Donald Ware, Foley Hoag
MICHIGAN
Frank Angileri, Brooks Kushman
Glenn Forbis, Harness Dickey
Michael Huget, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn
Michael Stewart, Rader Fishman & Grauer
Robert Tuttle, Brooks Kushman
NEW JERSEY
Scott Christie, McCarter & English
David DeLorenzi, Gibbons
Robert Rhoad, Dechert
Barry Schindler, Greenberg Traurig
Richard Woodbridge, Fox Rothschild
NEW YORK
Gregory Arovas, Kirkland & Ellis
David Benyacar, Kaye Scholer
David Bernstein, Debevoise & Plimpton
Dale Cendali, Kirkland & Ellis
Janet Cullum, Cooley
Michael Elkin, Winston & Strawn
Bruce Keller, Debevoise & Plimpton
Richard Lehv, Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
OHIO
Megan Dortenzo, Thompson Hine
Steven Goldstein, Frost Brown Todd
Calvin Griffith, Jones Day
James Liles, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur
Thomas Shunk, Baker Hostetler
Meredith Wilkes, Jones Day
PENNSYLVANIA
Martin Black, Dechert
Dianne Elderkin, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Dale Heist, Baker Hostetler
Roberta Jacobs-Meadway, Eckert Seamans
Gregory Lavorgna, Drinker Biddle & Reath
Patrick McElhinny, K&L Gates
TEXAS
Randall Brown, Haynes & Boone
Louis Pirkey, Pirkey Barber
Douglas Cawley, McKool Smith
Barton Showalter, Baker Botts
Jonathan Suder, Friedman Suder Cooke
Stephen Susman, Susman Godfrey
VIRGINIA
Erika Harmon Arner, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
William Atkins, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Arthur Neustadt, Oblon Spivak McCelland Maier & Neustadt
Bill Schulman, Stites & Harbison
Brian Riopelle, McGuire Woods
Michael Shebelskie, Hunton & Williams
WASHINGTON STATE
Nathan Alexander, Dorsey & Whitney
Bill Christiansen, Cooley
Douglas Greenswag, K&L Gates
Patchen Haggerty, Perkins Coie
Paul Meiklejohn, Dorsey & Whitney
Jeffrey Nelson, Graham & Dunn
David Tellekson, Fenwick & West
WASHINGTON DC
Greg Castanias, Jones Day
Don Dunner, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Robert Garrett, Arnold & Porter
Mark Perry, Gibson Dunn
Carter Phillips, Sidley Austin
Stephen Routh, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Paul Smith, Jenner & Block
Seth Waxman, WilmerHale
Matt Wolf, Arnold & Porter
CANADA AWARDS
CANADA PATENT CONTENTIOUS
Dimock Stratton
Goodmans
Gowling Lafleur Henderson
McCarthy Tétrault
Norton Rose Fulbright
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
CANADA PATENT PROSECUTION
Bereskin & Parr
Borden Ladner Gervais
Gowling Lafleur Henderson
Norton Rose Fulbright
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
CANADA TRADEMARK CONTENTIOUS
Bereskin & Parr
Gowling Lafleur Henderson
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
CANADA TRADEMARK PROSECUTION
Bereskin & Parr
Borden Ladner Gervais
Gowling Lafleur Henderson
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
CANADA COPYRIGHT
Cassels Brock & Blackwell
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
Gowling Lafleur Henderson
McCarthy Tétrault
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
CANADA SPECIALTY IP FIRM
Bereskin & Parr
Dimock Stratton
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
OUTSTANDING CANADA IP PRACTITIONER
Anthony Creber, Gowling Lafleur Henderson
François Guay, Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Steven Mason, McCarthy Tétrault
Andrew Reddon, McCarthy Tétrault
Guy Régimbald, Gowling Lafleur Henderson