UB Greensfelder LLP is pleased to announce that Intellectual Property Chair Kara E.F. Cenar has been selected by Crain’s Chicago Business on its list of the 2025 Notable Litigators and Trial Attorneys.
Cenar was among the 92 Chicago attorneys chosen for her client advocacy in complex disputes, influence in legal developments nationwide, service in senior firm leadership roles, mentorship in the workplace and in the industry, and leadership in professional and community organizations.
Cenar represents sophisticated clients in high-stakes, complex intellectual property (IP) litigation. She leads litigation teams and advocates for domestic and international companies, as well as individuals, in disputes nationwide. With more than 37 years as a trial lawyer, Cenar has focused entirely on IP cases for creators, designers, inventors, manufacturers, and others in digital, computer software, and technology-based industries. Her courtroom experience includes jury and bench trials, preliminary injunction hearings, hearings on emergency temporary restraining orders, seizure and impoundment orders, and Section 337 claims before the International Trade Commission (ITC).Cenar is a recognized leader in the IP and legal industries and actively engaged with numerous organizations. She is founding charter member of the Intellectual Property Institute, founding member of Chicago Women in Intellectual Property (ChiWIP), a senior fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America, and a fellow in the American Bar Foundation.Extensively recognized for her career success and her extensive leadership and mentorship contributions, in 2020, Cenar earned the Salute! Women in Law Award from Chicago Lawyer and Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and was selected for Crain's Notable Women in Law. She has consistently been named to The Best Lawyers in America® and the Illinois Super Lawyers lists, including as one of the Top 50 Female Lawyers in Illinois in 2024. Among some of her other accolades, Cenar is recognized by Leading Lawyers on its lists of the Leading Creative Arts Lawyers for Chicago, the Leading Women Lawyers, the Leading Chicago Metro Women Lawyers, and Illinois Leading Lawyers.
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