INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
TOP LAW FIRMS
FIRM SIZE TIERS
LARGE: more than 50 attorneys
Top firms were chosen based on the number of firm attorneys who have
been selected to the 2011 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
ARKANSAS
Henry Law Firm
CALIFORNIA
Fenwick & West
Durie Tangri
Tensegrity Law Group
Rozsa Law Group
COLORADO
Holland & Hart
Sheridan Ross
CONNECTICUT
Day Pitney
Grimes & Battersby
DELAWARE
Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell
Shaw Keller
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett
& Dunner
Rothwell Figg Ernst & Manbeck
FLORIDA
GrayRobinson
Allen Dyer Doppelt Milbrath & Gilchrist
Peretz Chesal & Herrmann
GEORGIA
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Thomas Kayden Horstemeyer & Risley
Johnson & Associates
HAWAII
Cades Schutte
Godbey & Griffiths
Paul Maki
IDAHO
Holland & Hart
ILLINOIS
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard
& Geraldson
McCracken & Frank
Richard A. Kaplan
INDIANA
Barnes & Thornburg
Woodard Emhardt Moriarty McNett &
Henry
IOWA
Davis Brown Koehn Shors & Roberts
McKee Voorhees & Sease
Sturm & Fix
KANSAS
Intellectual Property Center
KENTUCKY
Stites & Harbison
CONTINUED ON PAGE 188
FIRM SPOTLIGHT
DAVIS, BROWN, KOEHN, SHORS & ROBERTS
DES MOINES, IOWA
Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts’ IP team is well-versed
in patent work in many areas, including computer software
and biotechnology. “They are responsive and persistent,” says
Elizabeth Nelson, general counsel at Kemin Industries Inc.,
a client for 15 years. She says senior shareholder Kent Herink
“has made himself available to our staff of scientists to consult
on all types of issues that have arisen worldwide.”
CAESAR, RIVISE, BERNSTEIN, COHEN & POKOTILOW
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Caesar Rivise’s clientele includes Fortune 500 companies,
hospitals, universities and, for the past three years, Dennis
Cirucci, president, CEO and director of Alliance Bank.
Strengths of the firm, according to Cirucci, include “strong
research, strong delivery and excellent client support.”
Cirucci says his experience with managing partner Manny D.
Pokotilow is “very professional. The man gets great results.”
SUPER LAWYERS / BUSINESS EDITION 2012
187
