FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 3, 2013
Contact: Barbara C. McCurdy, 202.408.4047
Managing Partner
The Legal 500 U.S. Again Ranks Finnegan as a Tier One IP Law Firm
WASHINGTON, DC - For the fifth year in a row, The Legal 500 U.S. has ranked Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, as a Tier 1 firm in the intellectual property categories of Patent Litigation: Full Coverage; Patent Litigation: International Trade Commission; Patent Licensing and Transactional; Patent Prosecution: Utility and Design Patents; Trademarks: Litigation; and Trademarks: Non-contentious. The 2013 edition of the peer-reviewed law firm directory includes comments from clients who say Finnegan provides “among the very best legal service anywhere in the world,” and has a “deep bench of highly skilled, business-savvy lawyers” who “put clients’ interests first and is willing to think outside the box to achieve clients’ goals.” In addition to receiving high overall firm practice rankings, 21 attorneys were singled out for their experience and counseling talents in the practice of intellectual property law.
Leading Lawyers
Bryan C. Diner (Patent prosecution: utility and design patents)
Thomas L. Jarvis (Patent litigation: International Trade Commission)
Charles E. Lipsey (Patent litigation: full coverage)
Patent litigation: full coverage
Donald R. Dunner
Michael J. Flibbert
Doris Johnson Hines
Laura P. Masurovsky
James B. Monroe
Patent litigation: International Trade Commission
Steven M. Anzalone
Smith R. Brittingham IV
Thomas L. Jarvis
Christine E. Lehman
Patent licensing and transactional
C. Gregory Gramenopoulos
D. Brian Kacedon
D. Patrick O’Reilley
John C. Paul
Patent prosecution: utility and design patents
Erika Harmon Arner
Bryan C. Diner
Mark D. Sweet
Charles E. Van Horn
Trademarks: litigation
Douglas A. Rettew
Mark Sommers
Trademarks: non-contentious (full coverage)
Julia Anne Matheson
Douglas A. Rettew About The Legal 500
Published for more than 25 years, The Legal 500 Series provides comprehensive worldwide coverage on legal services providers in over 100 countries. The series is used by commercial and private companies, corporate counsel, CEOs, and professional advisers—as well as by other referrers of work both nationally and internationally.
About Finnegan
With more than 375 intellectual property lawyers, Finnegan is one of the largest IP law firms in the world. From offices in Washington, DC; Atlanta, Georgia; Boston, Massachusetts; Palo Alto, California; Reston, Virginia; Brussels, Belgium; Shanghai, China; Taipei, Taiwan; and Tokyo, Japan, the firm practices all aspects of patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret law, including counseling, prosecution, licensing, and litigation. Finnegan also represents clients on IP issues related to international trade, portfolio management, the Internet, e-commerce, government contracts, antitrust, and unfair competition. For additional information on the firm, please visit www.finnegan.com. ###
