The shortlists for the Managing IP Americas Awards 2018 are below. The awards dinner will be held at The Essex House in New York on March 15.
Managing IP has introduced some changes to our awards in 2018, including expanding our North America Awards into an Americas Awards that includes Latin America. You can read more details here.
The Americas Awards dinner will follow our EMEA Awards dinner in London on March 8. We are also launching an Asia-Pacific Awards dinner this year, which will be held in Hong Kong on March 21.
Details of our awards research process are given below the shortlists.
US Copyright
Durie Tangri
Goodwin Procter
Jenner & Block
Kirkland & Ellis
Weil Gotshal & Manges
US – Patent Contentious
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Irell & Manella
Jones Day
Kirkland & Ellis
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
WilmerHale
US – Patent Prosecution
Fenwick & West
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Haynes & Boone
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
US – Trade Mark Contentious
Arnold & Porter
Fenwick & West
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kelly IP
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
US – Trade Mark Prosecution
Fenwick & West
Haynes and Boone
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Kelly IP
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
US – Appellate
Fenwick & West
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Hughes Hubbard & Reed
Mayer Brown
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Morrison & Foerster
US – ITC
Adduci Mastriani & Schaumberg
Alston & Bird
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Foster Murphy Altman & Nickel
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
WilmerHale
US – Life Sciences IP Litigation
Arnold & Porter
Fish & Richardson
Marshall Gerstein & Borun
Morrison & Foerster
Sidley Austin
Winston & Strawn
US – Plaintiff Firm
Desmarais
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
McKool Smith
Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
US – Transactional Firm
Cooley
Fenwick & West
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Goodwin Procter
Ropes & Gray
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
US – PTAB
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Paul Hastings
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
US – Specialty IP Firm
Desmarais
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Marshall Gerstein & Borun
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
US – Firm to Watch
Archer & Greiner
Caldwell Cassady & Curry
Erise IP
Haley Guiliano
RinLaures
Copyright: East
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Goodwin Procter
Jenner & Block
King & Spalding
Kirkland & Ellis
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Winston & Strawn
Copyright: West
Arnold & Porter
Durie Tangri
Fenwick & West
King & Spalding
Kirkland & Ellis
O’Melveny & Myers
Patent Contentious: Northeast
Desmarais
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Hughes Hubbard & Reed
Paul Hastings
Sullivan & Cromwell
WilmerHale
Patent Contentious: South
Caldwell Cassady & Curry
Duane Morris
Haynes and Boone
McKool Smith
Winston & Strawn
Patent Contentious: Midwest
Jenner & Block
Kirkland & Ellis
Marshall Gerstein & Borun
Sidley Austin
Winston & Strawn
Patent Contentious: West
Fenwick & West
Fish & Richardson
Irell & Manella
Jones Day
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Paul Hastings
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Patent Prosecution: Northeast
Arnold & Porter
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
Patent Prosecution: South
Alston & Bird
Baker Botts
Haynes and Boone
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
King & Spalding
Patent Prosecution: Midwest
Banner & Witcoff
Leydig Voit & Mayer
Marshall Gerstein & Borun
McAndrews Held & Malloy
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner
Patent Prosecution: West
Arnold & Porter
Fenwick & West
Fish & Richardson
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Trade Mark Contentious: Northeast Arnold & Porter
Debevoise & Plimpton
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Kelly IP
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Kirkland & Ellis
Trade Mark Contentious: South
Alston & Bird
Haynes & Boone
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
King & Spalding
Pirkey Barber
Trade Mark Contentious: Midwest
Banner & Witcoff
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Loeb & Loeb
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
Trade Mark Contentious: West
Cooley
Fenwick & West
Holland & Hart
Kirkland & Ellis
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
O’Melveny & Myers
Trade Mark Prosecution: Northeast Arent Fox
Debevoise & Plimpton
Dorsey & Whitney
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kelly IP
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Trade Mark Prosecution: South
Alston & Bird
Haynes and Boone
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
King & Spalding
Pirkey Barber
Trade Mark Prosecution: Midwest
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Dorsey & Whitney
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Leydig Voit & Mayer
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
Trade Mark Prosecution: West
Fenwick & West
Holland & Hart
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Loeb & Loeb
Outstanding Litigator: California
Wayne Barsky, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
James Batchelder, Ropes & Gray
Juanita Brooks, Fish & Richardson
Yar Chaikovsky, Paul Hastings
Daralyn Durie, Durie Tangri
David Gindler, Irell & Manella
Diana Torres, Kirkland & Ellis
Jonathan Waldrop, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman
Outstanding Litigator: Colorado
Timothy Getzoff, Holland & Hart
John Posthumus, Sheridan Ross
Evan Rothstein, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Mindy Sooter, WilmerHale
Jon Trembath, Lathrop & Gage
Outstanding Litigator: Delaware
Steven Balick, Ashby & Geddes
Jack Blumenfeld, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell
Martina Tyreus Hufnal, Fish & Richardson
Karen Jacobs, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell
Douglas McCann, Fish & Richardson
Outstanding Litigator: District of Columbia
David Kelly, Kelly IP
William Jay, Goodwin Procter
Adam Perlman, Williams & Connolly
Matthew Wolf, Arnold & Porter
William Zimmerman, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Outstanding Litigator: Georgia
William Brewster, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Patrick Flinn, Alston & Bird
Woody Jameson, Duane Morris
Mitchell Stockwell, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Jeffrey Toney, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman
Outstanding Litigator: Illinois
James Hurst, Kirkland & Ellis
John Labbé, Marshall Gerstein & Borun
George Lombardi, Winston & Strawn
Bradford Lyerla, Jenner & Block
Floyd Mandell, Katten Muchin Rosenman
David Pritikin, Sidley Austin
Robert Unikel, Arnold & Porter
Outstanding Litigator: Massachusetts
Douglas Kline, Goodwin Procter
William Lee, WilmerHale
Eric Marandett, Choate Hall & Stewart
Lisa Pirozzolo, WilmerHale
Frank Scherkenbach, Fish & Richardson
Outstanding Litigator: Michigan
Frank Angileri, Brooks Kushman
Glenn Forbis, Harness Dickey & Pierce
John LeRoy, Brooks Kushman
Michael Palizzi, Miller Canfield
Outstanding Litigator: Minnesota
Alan Carlson, Carlson Caspers
Jan Conlin, Ciresi Conlin
John Dragseth, Fish & Richardson
Christopher Larus, Robins Kaplan
Devan Padmanabhan, Winthrop & Weinstine
Dorothy Whelan, Fish & Richardson
Outstanding Litigator: New Jersey
Scott Christie, McCarter & English
John Connell, Archer & Greiner
David De Lorenzi, Gibbons
Gerard Norton, Fox Rothschild
Robert Rhoad, Dechert
Bruce Sales, Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik
Outstanding Litigator: New York
Garrard Beeney, Sullivan & Cromwell
Dale Cendali, Kirkland & Ellis
James Dabney, Hughes Hubbard & Reed
John Desmarais, Desmarais
Michael Elkin, Winston & Strawn
Christopher Gaspar, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Jane Love, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Bruce Rich, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Outstanding Litigator: Pennsylvania
Martin Black, Dechert
Dianne Elderkin, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Dale Heist, BakerHostetler
Eric Kraeutler, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Nicole McLaughlin, Duane Morris
Outstanding Litigator Award: Texas
Douglas Cawley, McKool Smith
John Keville, Winston & Strawn
David McCombs, Haynes and Boone
Michael Newton, Alston & Bird
Phillip Philbin, Haynes and Boone
Louis Pirkey, Pirkey Barber
Theodore Stevenson, McKool Smith
Outstanding Litigator: Virginia
William Atkins, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Jack Barufka, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Jeffrey Berkowitz, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Charles Lipsey, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Robert Mattson, Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Larry Nixon, Nixon & Vanderhye
Outstanding Litigator: Washington
Geoffrey Godfrey, Dorsey & Whitney
Jeffrey Johnson, K&L Gates
Paul Meiklejohn, Dorsey & Whitney
Brian Park, Stoel Rives
David Tellekson, Fenwick & West
Outstanding Litigator: PTAB
David Cavanaugh, WilmerHale
Eldora Ellison, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Scott McKeown, Ropes & Gray
Naveen Modi, Paul Hastings
Dorothy Whelan, Fish & Richardson
Outstanding Appellate Practitioner
James Barney, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Lisa Blatt, Arnold & Porter
John Connell, Archer & Greiner
James Dabney, Hughes Hubbard & Reed
William Jay, Goodwin Procter
Deanne Maynard, Morrison & Foerster
Mark Perry, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Andrew Pincus, Mayer Brown
David Tellekson, Fenwick & West
Awards research process
The shortlists for the Managing IP Awards are based on information obtained during the research for the 2018 edition of IP STARS. In the IP STARS surveys for 2018, we asked firms to self-nominate as well as nominate their competitors for a number of awards. We review all available information, including all survey submissions and interview notes, and conduct independent research before producing the shortlists and picking the winners.
The research for IP STARS is rigorous and impartial. The Managing IP awards are not influenced by any commercial relationship with Managing IP or rankings in IP STARS. Any firm, regardless of ranking, can win any of our awards. A firm can also be shortlisted even if it did not make a firm survey submission, but in such case we may require further information from the firm. The 2018 awards will be based on research information available between September 2017 and January 2018. Where appropriate, information after this period may be considered.
Read more about IP STARS research methodology at https://www.ipstars.com/general/about
You can see details of previous years' awards at http://www.managingip.com/Awards.html