INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
TOP LAW FIRMS
FIRM SIZE TIERS
LARGE: more than 51 attorneys
Top firms were chosen based on the number of firm attorneys who have
been selected to the 2010 Super Lawyers list in business practice areas, as
well as a combination of metrics indicating the quality of those attorneys.
Quality factors that were considered included the number of years selected
to the list, inclusion on a top list and average blue ribbon panel score.
MEDIUM: 11-50 attorneys
SMALL: 2-10 attorneys
SOLO: 1 attorney
ALABAMA
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
ARIZONA
Snell & Wilmer
Osborn Maledon
Bacal Law Group
ARKANSAS
Henry Law Firm
CALIFORNIA
Fenwick & West
Christie Parker & Hale
Pruetz Law Group
Law Offices of Laurence H. Pretty
COLORADO
Holland & Hart
Sheridan Ross
CONNECTICUT
Day Pitney
Grimes & Battersby
DELAWARE
Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett &
Dunner
Adduci Mastriani & Schaumberg
FLORIDA
Fowler White Boggs
Allen Dyer Doppelt Milbrath & Gilchrist
Peretz Chesal & Herrmann
Stephen E. Nagin
GEORGIA
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Thomas Kayden Horstemeyer & Risley
HAWAII
Paul Maki
IDAHO
Holland & Hart
ILLINOIS
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard &
Geraldson
McCracken & Frank
INDIANA
Barnes & Thornburg
Woodard Emhardt Moriarty McNett &
Henry
IOWA
Davis Brown Koehn Shors & Roberts
McKee Voorhees & Sease
Sturm & Fix
KENTUCKY
Stites & Harbison
Middleton Reutlinger
MAINE
Pierce Atwood
MittelAsen
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FIRM SPOTLIGHT
FOWLER WHITE BOGGS
TAMPA, FLORIDA
One of the oldest firms in Florida, Fowler White Boggs has
represented powerhouses that include NBCUniversal, State
Farm Insurance, AT&T Inc. and General Electric Co. “Fowler
White Boggs P.A. is my go-to firm for intellectual property
and complex business matters,” says Ed Dottery, founder
and president of Alakai Defense Systems. “The firm’s
interest in its client is evident; its attorneys make the extra
effort to understand my business.”
OSBORN MALEDON
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
Osborn Maledon, based in Phoenix, has assisted clients
nationwide with IP matters. “We’ve been working with them
since [around] 1974, so it’s been a long and happy, productive
relationship,” says Iain Campbell, general counsel for W.L.
Gore & Associates Inc. “They’re first-tier lawyers who are
very adept at legal representation, whether it’s transactional
or litigation. … Bill Maledon and Brett Dunkelman are just
superb trial lawyers, including in the IP field.”
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