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Individuals who have performed especially well, around 25-30% of listed practitioners.

Ranking last published: 12 September 2025

USA - IP - Copyright

Jonathan E. Moskin - Foley & Lardner LLP

Lawyer - USA

Dale Cendali, P.C - Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Lawyer - USA

USA - IP - Experts

Paul K Meyer - HKA

Consulting expert - USA

Paul Meyer is a leading forensic accountant with four decades’ experience in complex IP valuation and damages, renowned for providing expert testimony in intellectual property matters including patents, copyrights and trademarks.

John C Jarosz - Analysis Group

Consulting expert - USA

Chris Bakewell - Charles River Associates

Consulting expert - USA

David Duski - Charles River Associates

Consulting expert - USA

Dawn Hall - FTI Consulting

Consulting expert - USA

Stephen D Prowse - FTI Consulting

Consulting expert - USA

Lynne Weber - Kroll

Consulting expert - USA

Carrie Distler - Secretariat

Consulting expert - USA

John Bone - Stout

Consulting expert - USA

David Haas - Stout

Consulting expert - USA

USA - IP - Patents

Margaret (Meg) A Boulware - Boulware & Valoir

Lawyer - USA

Paul B. Keller - Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP

Lawyer - USA

Peter J Armenio - Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

Lawyer - USA

Robert T Haslam - Covington & Burling LLP

Lawyer - USA

David J Kappos - Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Lawyer - USA

John M Desmarais - Desmarais LLP

Lawyer - USA

James R. Barney - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Lawyer - USA

J. Michael Jakes - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Lawyer - USA

Esther H. Lim - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Lawyer - USA

Juanita R Brooks - Fish & Richardson

Lawyer - USA

Ruffin B Cordell - Fish & Richardson

Lawyer - USA

Michael J McKeon - Fish & Richardson

Lawyer - USA

John B. Pegram - Fish & Richardson

Lawyer - USA

Bruce H Bernstein - Greenblum & Bernstein plc

Lawyer - USA

Edgar H. Haug - Haug Partners LLP

Lawyer - USA

Morgan Chu - Irell & Manella LLP

Lawyer - USA

Michael A Jacobs - JAMS

Lawyer - USA

John W Keker - Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP

Lawyer - USA

Robert A Van Nest - Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP

Lawyer - USA

Neel Chatterjee - King & Spalding LLP

Lawyer - USA

Adam R Alper - Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Lawyer - USA

Gregory S Arovas PC - Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Lawyer - USA

Paul F Brinkman - Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Lawyer - USA

Amanda Hollis - Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Lawyer - USA

James F Hurst - Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Lawyer - USA

Dan Altman - Knobbe Martens

Lawyer - USA

Joseph R. Re - Knobbe Martens

Lawyer - USA

Lynda Zadra-Symes - Knobbe Martens

Lawyer - USA

Michael A. Morin - Latham & Watkins LLP

Lawyer - USA

Gale R (Pete) Peterson - Law Offices of Gale R. Peterson

Lawyer - USA

James F Haley Jr - Leason Ellis LLP

Lawyer - USA

Mark A Lemley - Lex Lumina PLLC

Lawyer - USA

John M Hintz - Maynard Nexsen PC

Lawyer - USA

Edward A Mas II - McAndrews, Held & Malloy Ltd

Lawyer - USA

William Gaede - McDermott Will & Schulte LLP

Lawyer - USA

Leslie A McDonell -

Lawyer - USA

Paul H Berghoff - McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Lawyer - USA

Samuel F Baxter - McKool Smith PC

Lawyer - USA

Errol B. Taylor - Milbank LLP

Lawyer - USA

Daralyn J Durie - Morrison Foerster LLP

Lawyer - USA

Rudy Y Kim - Paul Hastings LLP

Lawyer - USA

Bruce M. Wexler - Paul Hastings LLP

Lawyer - USA

Steven Cherny - Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP

Lawyer - USA

Eric Huang - Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP

Lawyer - USA

Kevin P B Johnson - Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP

Lawyer - USA

R Danny Huntington - Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, PC

Lawyer - USA

Robert Greene Sterne - Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox PLLC

Lawyer - USA

Thomas L Irving - The Marbury Law Group PLLC

Lawyer - USA

John D. Murnane - Venable LLP

Lawyer - USA

Douglas E Lumish - Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Lawyer - USA

Dimitrios T. Drivas - White & Case LLP

Lawyer - USA

David B. Bassett - WilmerHale

Lawyer - USA

William F. Lee - WilmerHale

Lawyer - USA

James C Yoon - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Lawyer - USA

Thomas M. Melsheimer - Winston & Strawn LLP

Lawyer - USA

USA - IP - Trade Secrets

Mark A. Klapow - Crowell & Moring LLP

Lawyer - USA

James Pooley - Independent

Lawyer - USA

Randy Kay - Jones Day

Lawyer - USA

Seth M. Gerber - Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

Lawyer - USA

David Almeling - O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Lawyer - USA

Victoria A. Cundiff - Paul Hastings LLP

Lawyer - USA

USA - IP - Trademarks

Marc A Lieberstein - Akerman LLP

Lawyer - USA

Michael A Grow - ArentFox Schiff LLP

Lawyer - USA

Anthony V Lupo - ArentFox Schiff LLP

Lawyer - USA

Michelle Mancino Marsh - ArentFox Schiff LLP

Lawyer - USA

Susan M Natland - BakerHostetler

Lawyer - USA

Timothy D. Pecsenye - Blank Rome LLP

Lawyer - USA

David S Fleming - Brinks Gilson & Lione

Lawyer - USA

Robyn S. Lederman - Brooks Kushman PC

Lawyer - USA

Michael A Cantor - Cantor Colburn LLP

Lawyer - USA

Anne Peck - Cooley LLP

Lawyer - USA

William M. Borchard - Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC

Lawyer - USA

Kieran G. Doyle - Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC

Lawyer - USA

Joel Karni Schmidt - Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC

Lawyer - USA

Deborah K. Squiers - Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC

Lawyer - USA

G. Roxanne Elings - Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Lawyer - USA

Glenn A Gundersen - Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Lawyer - USA

David H. Bernstein - Debevoise & Plimpton

Lawyer - USA

Christina L. Martini - Dechert LLP

Lawyer - USA

Connie L Ellerbach - Fenwick & West LLP

Lawyer - USA

Karen Webb - Fenwick & West LLP

Lawyer - USA

Douglas A. Rettew - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Lawyer - USA

Mark Sommers - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Lawyer - USA

Cynthia Johnson Walden - Fish & Richardson

Lawyer - USA

Jordan A LaVine - Flaster Greenberg PC

Lawyer - USA

Jonathan E. Moskin - Foley & Lardner LLP

Lawyer - USA

David K Friedland - Friedland Vining PA

Lawyer - USA

Cara A Boyle - Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu PC

Lawyer - USA

Carlos Cucurella - Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu PC

Lawyer - USA

David A. Donahue - Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu PC

Lawyer - USA

Lydia Temesgien Gobena - Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu PC

Lawyer - USA

Janet L. Hoffman - Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu PC

Lawyer - USA

Nadine H Jacobson - Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu PC

Lawyer - USA

Richard Z. Lehv - Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu PC

Lawyer - USA

Karen Lim - Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu PC

Lawyer - USA

Craig S Mende - Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu PC

Lawyer - USA

Allison Strickland Ricketts - Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu PC

Lawyer - USA

Charles T. J. Weigell - Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu PC

Lawyer - USA

James D Weinberger - Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu PC

Lawyer - USA

Ben Natter - Haug Partners LLP

Lawyer - USA

Purvi J. Patel - Haynes Boone

Lawyer - USA

Andrea Anderson - Holland & Hart LLP

Lawyer - USA

Scott S Havlick - Holland & Hart LLP

Lawyer - USA

Paul F. Kilmer - Holland & Knight LLP

Lawyer - USA

Anessa Owen Kramer - Honigman

Lawyer - USA

Jane Shay Wald - Irell & Manella LLP

Lawyer - USA

David H T Kane - Kane Advisors LLP

Lawyer - USA

Floyd A. Mandell - Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Lawyer - USA

Julie A Katz - Katz Group LLC

Lawyer - USA

David M Kelly - Kelly IP

Lawyer - USA

Jennifer D. Arkowitz - Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Lawyer - USA

Theodore H. Davis Jr - Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Lawyer - USA

Jason M. Vogel - Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Lawyer - USA

Kathleen E. McCarthy (Katie) - King & Spalding LLP

Lawyer - USA

Dale Cendali, P.C - Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Lawyer - USA

Stacey Halpern - Knobbe Martens

Lawyer - USA

Jonathan Hyman - Knobbe Martens

Lawyer - USA

Lauren Emerson - Leason Ellis LLP

Lawyer - USA

Martin Schwimmer - Leason Ellis LLP

Lawyer - USA

Peter Sloane - Leason Ellis LLP

Lawyer - USA

David W. Grace - Loeb & Loeb LLP

Lawyer - USA

Douglas N Masters - Loeb & Loeb LLP

Lawyer - USA

Leslie J Lott - Lott & Fischer PL

Lawyer - USA

John A Clifford - Merchant & Gould

Lawyer - USA

Andrew S Ehard - Merchant & Gould

Lawyer - USA

Carla B. Oakley - Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

Lawyer - USA

Anita B. Polott - Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

Lawyer - USA

J Thomas McCarthy - Morrison Foerster LLP

Lawyer - USA

John C Cain - Munck Wilson Mandala LLP

Lawyer - USA

Lisa A Iverson - Neal & McDevitt

Lawyer - USA

Robert O'Connell - Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Lawyer - USA

David C Hilliard - Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP

Lawyer - USA

Janet A. Marvel - Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP

Lawyer - USA

Robert W Sacoff - Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP

Lawyer - USA

Bill Barber - Pirkey Barber PLLC

Lawyer - USA

Alicia Groos - Pirkey Barber PLLC

Lawyer - USA

Christopher Kindel - Pirkey Barber PLLC

Lawyer - USA

Steve Meleen - Pirkey Barber PLLC

Lawyer - USA

Louis T Pirkey - Pirkey Barber PLLC

Lawyer - USA

Julia Matheson - Potomac Law Group PLLC

Lawyer - USA

Brendan J O'Rourke - Proskauer Rose

Lawyer - USA

Katherine M. Basile - Reed Smith LLP

Lawyer - USA

Molly Buck Richard - Richard Law Group

Lawyer - USA

Nancy Rubner Frandsen - Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC

Lawyer - USA

Darius C Gambino - Saul Ewing LLP

Lawyer - USA

Paul W. Garrity - Sheppard

Lawyer - USA

Lisa Martens - Sheppard

Lawyer - USA

Joel D Leviton - Stinson LLP

Lawyer - USA

Leigh Ann Lindquist - Sughrue Mion PLLC

Lawyer - USA

Howard J Shire - Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP

Lawyer - USA

John W Crittenden - UCLA

Lawyer - USA

John Slafsky - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Lawyer - USA

Brian J Winterfeldt - Winterfeldt IP Group PLLC

Lawyer - USA

Kenneth B Germain - Wood Herron & Evans LLP

Lawyer - USA