Managing Intellectual Property Recognizes Finnegan U.S. Offices and Attorneys as 2016 IP Stars

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 25, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC—Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) released its list of 2016 IP Stars, recognizing Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP as a top intellectual property law firm across its U.S. offices and naming 38 Finnegan partners as leading IP practitioners. A supplement to MIP’s IP Handbook, IP Stars is a state-by-state list of top IP law firms and attorneys in the United States. For the fourth year in a row, Finnegan ranked in the top tiers in California, Georgia, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Washington, DC. In addition, MIP recognized Finnegan partners Erika Harmon Arner and Leslie A. McDonell as leading female intellectual property attorneys through its Top 250 Women in IP award. Firms and attorneys were selected based on 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
M. Paul Barker
Erik R. Puknys
Ming-Tao Yang

Georgia
Virginia L. Carron
William B. Dyer, III
John D. Livingstone 
Roger D. Taylor

Massachusetts
Denise W. DeFranco
Mary K. Ferguson, Ph.D.
Leslie A. McDonell

Virginia
Erika Harmon Arner
Jeffrey A. Berkowitz
York M. Faulkner
Christopher P. Foley
Christopher P. Isaac
Charles E. Lipsey
Charles H. Suh

Washington, DC
Danny M. Awdeh
Bryan C. Diner
Donald R. Dunner 
Ford F. Farabow
Doris Johnson Hines
Thomas L. Irving
Gerald F. Ivey
J. Michael Jakes 
Basil “Bill” J. Lewris
Laura P. Masurovsky
James B. Monroe
John C. Paul
Richard B. Racine
Douglas A. Rettew
E. Robert Yoches

United Kingdom
Clare A. Cornell 
Hazel Ford, Ph.D.
Martin D. Hyden
Anthony C. Tridico, Ph.D.

China
Ningling Wang

Japan
Naoki Yoshida

South Korea
Charles H. Suh

Contacts
James B. Monroe, Managing Partner 
james.monroe@finnegan.com

About Finnegan
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP is one of the largest IP law firms in the world. From offices in Atlanta, Boston, London, Palo Alto, Reston, Seoul, 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 European patents and trade marks, 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.