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Finnegan U.S. Offices and Attorneys Recognized as Leaders in IP Stars 2014

June 13, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 13, 2014

Contact:    James B. Monroe, Managing Partner

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Finnegan U.S. Offices and Attorneys Recognized as Leaders in IP Stars 2014  

WASHINGTON, DC — Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) has released its second edition of IP Stars,recognizing Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP and 31 Finnegan partners as leading IP practitioners. A supplement to MIP’s IP Handbook, IP Stars is a state-by-state list of top intellectual property law firms and attorneys in the United States. For the second year in a row, Finnegan was ranked in the top tiers in California, Georgia, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Washington, DC. Firms and attorneys were selected via researcher interviews and surveys.Finnegan received high recognition in the following states.

California (Palo Alto) office

Patent Contentious

Patent Prosecution

Georgia (Atlanta) office

Intellectual Property

Massachusetts (Boston) office

Intellectual Property

Virginia (Reston) office

Intellectual Property

Washington, DC office

Patent Contentious

Patent Prosecution

Trademark Contentious

Trademark Prosecution

Copyright

In addition, the following Finnegan attorneys were ranked as IP Stars:

California

Erik R. Puknys

Ming-Tao Yang

Georgia 

Virginia L. Carron

William B. Dyer III

John D. Livingstone 

Roger D. Taylor 

Massachusetts

Denise W. DeFranco

Leslie A. McDonell 

Mary K. Ferguson, Ph.D.

Virginia

Erika Harmon Arner

Jeffrey A. Berkowitz

York M. Faulkner

Christopher P. Foley

Christopher P. Isaac

Charles E. Lipsey

Washington, DC

Robert D. Bajefsky

Bryan C. Diner

Donald R. Dunner 

Ford F. Farabow, Jr.  

Douglas B. Henderson

Doris Johnson Hines 

Gerald F. Ivey

J. Michael Jakes 

Basil "Bill" J. Lewris

Esther H. Lim

Laura P. Masurovsky

James B. Monroe

John C. Paul 

Richard B. Racine

Allen M. Sokal

E. Robert Yoches

About Finnegan

With more than 350 intellectual property lawyers, Finnegan is one of the largest IP law firms in the world. From offices in Atlanta, Boston, Palo Alto, Reston, London, Shanghai, Taipei, Tokyo, and Washington, DC, 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. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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