Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP issued the following announcement on July 14.
The IAM Patent 1000, published by Globe Business Media Group, recognizes best-in-class patent prosecution, licensing, and litigation practitioners worldwide based on peer and client reviews in addition to independent research. This ranks law firms and individual lawyers in varying categories within their jurisdictions. Gold, Silver, and Bronze designations are awarded in the litigation categories; the other two category ratings are Highly Recommended or Recommended.
FIRM RANKINGS
- Bronze, Litigation, DC Metro Area
- Silver, Litigation, Illinois
- Silver, Litigation, Pennsylvania
- Bronze, Litigation, Texas
- Recommended, Prosecution, California
- Recommended, Transactions, California
- Recommended, Prosecution, DC Metro Area
- Recommended, Prosecution, Massachusetts
- Recommended, Transactions, Massachusetts
- Recommended, Prosecution, Pennsylvania
- Recommended, Transactions, Pennsylvania
- Michael Abernathy: Litigation, Silver (Illinois); International Trade Commission, Recommended (Nationwide)
- Stephen Altieri: Prosecution, Recommended (Massachusetts); Transactions, Recommended (Massachusetts)
- Louis Beardell, Jr.: Prosecution, Recommended (Pennsylvania)
- Dion Bregman: Prosecution, Recommended (California); Post-Grant Proceedings, Recommended (Nationwide)
- Winn Carter: Litigation, Silver (Texas)
- Steven Frank: Prosecution, Recommended (Massachusetts); Transactions, Recommended (Massachusetts)
- Jeffrey Gargano: Litigation, Silver (Illinois)
- Brent Hawkins: Litigation, Bronze (California)
- Mark Hayman: Transactions, Recommended (Massachusetts)
- Mark Itri: Prosecution, Recommended (California); Transactions, Recommended (California)
- Rahul Kapoor: Transactions, Recommended (California)
- Eric Kraeutler: Litigation, Gold (Pennsylvania)
- Hosang Lee: Prosecution, Recommended (DC Metro Area)
- Alan Leeds: Transactions, Recommended (New Jersey)
- David Levy: Litigation, Bronze (Texas)
- Michael Lyons: Litigation, Silver (California)
- Jeffry Mann: Prosecution, Recommended (California)
- Eric Namrow: Litigation, Silver (DC Metro Area); International Trade Commission, Recommended (Nationwide)
- Rick Rambo: Litigation, Bronze (Texas)
- Nathan Smith: Prosecution, Recommended (California)
- Robert Smyth: Prosecution, Recommended (DC Metro Area)
- Yalei Sun: Prosecution, Recommended (China: Foreign)
- Peter Watt-Morse: Transactions, Recommended (Pennsylvania)
- Jason White: Litigation, Gold (Illinois)
- Gary Williams: Prosecution, Recommended (California)
- Shaobin Zhu: Litigation, Recommended (China: Foreign)
Original source can be found here.