The Legal 500 U.S. Again Ranks Finnegan as a Tier One IP Law Firm

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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. ###