Who’s who in the world of IP law firms in the southeast.

Akin Gump Strauss
Hauer & Feld, LLP
www.akingump.com
Locations in Southeast:
Washington, DC
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
75 firmwide
Head of IP Practice:
Lester L. Hewitt & Ronald L. Panitch

Alston & Bird, LLP
www.alston.com
Locations in Southeast:
Washington, DC; Charlotte and
Raleigh, NC; Atlanta, GA
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
117
Head of IP Practice:
Mike McCoy and Marty Elgison
Specific Focus Areas:
Biotechnology, Chemical and
Pharmaceutical, Mechanical,
Litigation, Electronics and Computer
Technology, Trademarks and
Copyrights, Transactional

Andrews Kurth, LLP
www.andrewskurth.com
Locations in Southeast:
Washington, DC
# of IP lawyers in Southeast:
8
Head of IP Practice:
Aldo Noto
Specific Focus Areas:
Patent prosecution, trademark,
trademark, copyright, licensing,
trade secret, IP litigation, software
agreements

Baker Botts, LLP
www.bakerbotts.com
Locations in Southeast:
Washington, DC
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
4
Head of IP Practice:
Jerry W. Mills (Firmwide);
James Arpin (DC)
Specific Focus Areas:
Life sciences, medical devices,
software, energy, nanotech,
trademark, copyright, IP litigation
Sample Clients:
Cisco, Halliburton, CA, Mastercard,
Dell, Columbia University

Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora
& Maire, P.A.
www.iplawfl.com
Locations in Southeast:
Orlando, FL
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
15
Head of IP Practice:
Terry M. Sanks
Specific Focus Areas:
IP law, including patents, trademarks,
copyrights, licensing, unfair competition
and trade secrets
Sample Clients:
National and International
Conglomerates (within the Fortune
Global 500)

Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
www.bskb.com
Locations in Southeast:
Falls Church, VA
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
43
Head of IP Practice:
Executive Committee
Specific Focus Areas:
Patents, trademarks, copyrights,
licensing, litigation

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
www.usebrinks.com
Locations in Southeast:
Arlington, VA
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
150 firmwide
Head of IP Practice:
Gary M. Ropski, President
Specific Focus Areas:
Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Trade
Secret, and all related IP Litigation
Sample Clients:
Deere & Company, The Progressive
Corporation, United Air Lines, Inc.
and Visteon Corporation

Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
www.brookspierce.com
Locations in Southeast:
Greensboro, NC, Raleigh, NC
# of IP lawyers in Southeast:
10
Head of IP Practice:
David W. Sar

Buchanan Ingersoll, PC
www.bipc.com
Locations in Southeast:
Washington, DC; Alexandria, VA;
Miami, Aventura & Tampa, FL
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
56
Head of IP Practice:
Michael Dever
Specific Focus Areas:
Nanotechnology, biotechnology,
patent, trademark, copyright,
chemical, electrical, mechanical,
materials science

Carlton Fields
www.carltonfields.com
Locations in Southeast:
Atlanta, GA; Miami, Orlando,
St. Petersburg, Tallahassee, Tampa, &
West Palm Beach, FL
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
18
Head of IP Practice:
C. Douglas McDonald

Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP
www.cblh.com
Locations in Southeast:
Washington, DC
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
19
Head of IP Practice:
Burton Amernick
Specific Focus Areas:
Patents, trademarks, copyrights, IP
Litigation, Patent Interference, Patent
Prosecution, Licensing, Tech transfer,
due diligence, trade secrets, life sciences

Conwell, Sukhia & Kirkpatrick, P.A.
www.csillawfirm.com
Locations in Southeast:
Tampa & Tallahassee, FL
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
5
Head of IP Practice:
G. Donovan “Don” Conwell, Jr.
Specific Focus Areas:
Intellectual Property – Computer Law
and Litigation
Sample Clients:
HSN; Florida Senate

Crowell & Moring, LLP
www.crowell.com
Locations in Southeast:
Washington, DC
# of IP lawyers in Southeast:
18
Head of IP Practice:
Jeffery D. Sanok

Duane Morris, LLP
www.duanemorris.com
Locations in Southeast:
Atlanta, GA; Miami, FL; Washington, DC
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
8
Head of IP Practice:
Lewis Gould
Specific Focus Areas:
Patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade
secrets, and unfair competition

The Eclipse Group, LLP
www.eclipsegrp.com
Locations in Southeast:
Durham, NC
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
3
Head of IP Practice:
David P. Gloekler
Specific Focus Areas:
All areas of engineering, software,
chemistry, pharma and biotech

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP
www. eapdlaw.com
Locations in Southeast:
West Palm Beach & Fort Lauderdale, FL
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
3
Head of IP Practice:
Jeffrey Hsi
Specific Focus Areas:
Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights,
Trade Secrets, Patent Litigation &
Prosecution, All Technologies

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
www.finnegan.com
Locations in Southeast:
Washington, DC; Reston, VA;
Atlanta, GA
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
248
Head of IP Practice:
Rich Racine, Managing Partner
(firmwide); Roger Taylor (Atlanta)
Specific Focus Areas:
All aspects of patent, trademark,
copyright and trade secret law including
counseling, prosecution, licensing and
litigation
Sample Clients:
Georgia-Pacific, Imerys, and The
Coca-Cola Company

Fish & Richardson, PC
www.fr.com
Locations in Southeast:
Washington, DC; Atlanta, GA
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
65
Head of IP Practice:
Nagenara “Nick” Setty
Specific Focus Areas:
Patent Litigation; Patent Prosecution
and Opinions; Trademarks and
Copyrights
Sample Clients:
Microsoft, AOL, LG, Hynix, Alcatel,
Intel, Bank of America, Echostar,
Witness Systems, Cipher Trust,
Air Defense, Porsche, AstraZeneca,
3M, Boston Scientific

Foley & Lardner, LLP
www.foley.com
Locations in Southeast:
`Washington DC, Jacksonville,
Orlando & Tampa, FL
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
66
Head of IP Practice:
Sharon Barner
Specific Focus Areas:
Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical,
Chemical & Pharmaceutical,
Consumer & Industrial Products,
Electronics, Information Technology
& Outsourcing, IP Litigation,
Trademark, Copyright & Advertising

Greenberg Traurig, LLP
www.gtlaw.com
Locations in Southeast:
Atlanta, GA; Boca Raton, Fort
Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Miami,
Orlando & Tallahassee, FL; Tysons
Corner, VA; Washington, DC
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
9
Head of IP Practice:
Paul Sutton and Terence Clark
Specific Focus Areas:
Property Rights; Unfair Competition

Gunster Yoakley
www.gunster.com
Locations in Southeast:
Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Palm Beach,
Stuart, Vero Beach & West Palm
Beach, FL
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
5
Head of IP Practice:
Paul Kashimba

Hutchison Law Group, PLLC
www.hutchlaw.com
Locations in Southeast:
Raleigh, NC
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
7
Head of IP Practice:
Allen Baum and Randy Whitmeyer
Specific Focus Areas:
Technology Commercialization,
Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights
Sample Clients:
Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Amphora
Discovery, BASF, Biolex, Closure
Medical, LVL7, MercuryMD, Qualyst

Intellectual Property Technology Law
www.iptl.com
Locations in Southeast:
Chapel Hill, NC
# IP Lawyers in Southeast: 3
Head of IP Practice: Steven J. Hultquist
Specific Focus Areas: Biotechnology,
chemistry, materials science,
pharmaceuticals, solid-state physics
Sample Clients: University Research Centers; public and private companies in U.S. and international countries

Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P.A.
www.jenkinswilson.com
Locations in Southeast:
Durham, NC
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
Head of IP Practice:
Richard E. Jenkins
Specific Focus Areas:
Patent preparation and prosecution;
trademarks, copyrights

Jones Day
www.jonesday.com
Locations in Southeast:
Washington, DC; Atlanta, GA
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
26
Head of IP Practice:
Blaney Harper, Washington, D.C. &
Samuel Najim, Atlanta
Specific Focus Areas:
Industries–Electronics,
Telecommunications, Software,
Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals,
Biotechnology & Medical Devices.
Services–Patent Prosecution, Patent
Litigation, Trademarks & Copyrights,
Licensing, IP Due Diligence, Federal
Circuit & IP Appeals, ITC Section 337
Proceedings
Sample Clients:
BellSouth, Kodak, Lucent
Technologies, USAA

Kelley Drye Collier Shannon
www.kelleydrye.com
Locations in Southeast:
Washington, DC
# of IP lawyers in Southeast: 12
Specific Focus Areas:
Patent, trademark, copyright, trade
secrets, foreign IP rights, portfolio
management, technology licensing,
litigation

Kilpatrick Stockton
www.kilpatrickstockton.com
Locations in Southeast:
Washington, DC; Raleigh, Charlotte &
Winston-Salem, NC; Atlanta &
Augusta, GA
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
94
Head of IP Practice:
John Pratt
Specific Focus Areas:
Trademark & copyright; patent
litigation, software/EE systems,
transactional, mechanical,
biotech/pharma/chemical; IP-general
Sample Clients:
Turner Broadcasting System,
Spectrum Brands, Interface

King & Spalding
www.kslaw.com
Locations in Southeast:
Atlanta, GA; Washington, DC
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
40
Head of IP Practice:
Courtland Reichman
Specific Focus Areas:
Trademark; Copyright, Patent &
Trade Secret
Sample Clients:
The Coca-Cola Company; Choice
Point, Inc; Total System Services;
Delta Airlines; Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.

Maupin Taylor, P.A.
www.maupintaylor.com
Locations in Southeast:
Raleigh, RTP & Wilmington, NC
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
14
Head of IP Practice:
Mark S. Thomas
Specific Focus Areas:
Advertising Law; Copyright, Patent
and Trademark; Internet Law and
E-business; Licensing; Technology
Transactions; Trade Secrets

McDermott Will & Emery, LLP
www.mwe.com
Locations in Southeast:
Washington, DC; Miami, FL
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
55
Head of IP Practice:
Ray Lupo
Specific Focus Areas:
Patent Prosecution; Patent Litigation;
Licensing, Trademarks and Unfair
Competition; Copyrights; Life Sciences

Merchant & Gould
www.merchantgould.com
Locations in Southeast:
Atlanta, GA; Washington, DC
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
11 (Atlanta); 5 (DC)
Head of IP Practice:
D. Randall King
Specific Focus Areas:
Litigation, trademark, Internet,
electrical,chemical/biotech/pharma/
mechanical, interference

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP
www.mmmlaw.com
Locations in Southeast:
Atlanta, GA; Washington, D.C.;
Charlotte & Raleigh-Durham, NC
# IP Lawyers in Southeast: 23
Head of IP Practice:
John Harris, Jack Todd, Tim Xia
Specific Focus Areas:
Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Trade
Secrets, Licensing, Development &
Acquisition, Record Searches,
Enforcement and Protection of Rights,
Infringement and Validity Options,
Due Diligence Audits and Rights
Assessment, Portfolio Maintenance,
Deceptive Trade Practices

Morrison & Foerster, LLP
www.mofo.com
Locations in Southeast:
Washington, DC; McLean, VA
# IP Lawyers in Southeast: 26
Head of IP Practice:
Firmwide IP Chair: Harold J.
McElhinny; Southeast IP Contact:
John “Jack” P. Corrado
Specific Focus Areas:
IP Litigation; Trademark Litigation;
Patent Prosecution; Technology
Transactions

Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.
www.myersbigel.com
Locations in Southeast:
Raleigh, NC
# IP Lawyers in Southeast: 29
Head of IP Practice:
Mitchell S. Bigel
Specific Focus Areas:
Electrical, mechanical, chemical,
biotechnology, patent litigation
Sample Clients:
NCSU, UNC, Samsung, Sony-Ericsson

Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.
www.needlerosenberg.com
Locations in Southeast:
Atlanta, GA; Charleston, SC
# IP Lawyers in Southeast: 27
Head of IP Practice:
Bill Needle
Specific Focus Areas:
Patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade
secrets, licensing & litigation.
Industries: biotechnology, chemical,
electronics/software, mechanical,
medical technology and pharmaceutical

Nexsen Pruet, LLC
www.nexsenpruet.com
Locations in Southeast:
Charlotte & Greensboro, NC;
Columbia, Greenville, Hilton Head,
Charleston & Myrtle Beach, SC
# IP Lawyers in Southeast: 10
Head of IP Practice:
Y. William “Corky” Klett III
Specific Focus Areas:
IP litigation, patent and trademark
prosecution, counseling opinions
Sample Clients:
Kemet Electronics, Recording Industry
Association of America

Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, P.C.
www.ofplaw.com
Locations in Southeast:
Fairfax, VA
# IP Lawyers in Southeast: 13
Head of IP Practice:
Kevin T. Oliveira
Specific Focus Areas:
Trademark Counseling & Licensing,
Copyright Counseling & Licensing,
E-Commerce Law, IP Litigation, Trade
Secret Counseling

Patton Boggs, LLP
www.PattonBoggs.com
Locations in Southeast:
Washington, DC; McLean, VA
# IP Lawyers in Southeast: 16
Head of IP Practice:
Marc R. Labgold, Ph.D.
Specific Focus Areas:
Audits and Due Diligence, Licensing
and Technology Transfer, Managing
Intellectual Property Assets, Patent
Litigation and Enforcement, Patent
Opinions and Reviews, Patent
Preparation and Prosecution,
Trademark and Copyright

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP
www.pillsburylaw.com
Locations in Southeast:
Washington, DC; McLean, VA
# IP Lawyers in Southeast: 70
Head of IP Practice:
Lawrence Gotts
Specific Focus Areas:
IP & Technology Litigation; Patent
Prosecution; IP Audits & Strategic
Planning; Trademarks, Copyrights;
Trade Secrets; Open Source

Reed Smith, LLP
www.reedsmith.com
Locations in Southeast:
Washington, DC; Falls Church,
Richmond & Leesburg, VA
# IP Lawyers in Southeast: 9
Head of IP Practice:
Karl Fritton
Specific Focus Areas:
IP Litigation, Transaction IP,
Prosecution
Sample Clients:
Johnson & Johnson, Hitachi, Kobe
Steel, Orion Electric

Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A.
www.rbh.com
Locations in Southeast:
Chapel Hill & Charlotte, NC;
Rock Hill, SC
# IP Lawyers in Southeast: 14
Head of IP Practice:
Robert M. Bryan
Specific Focus Areas:
Drafting and negotiating software
and e-commerce agreements;
structuring, negotiating, and drafting
patent transfers and licenses; patent
and trademark litigation; evaluation
and registration of proposed trademarks;
trademark and copyright licensing;
and developing comprehensive
programs for the protection of trade
secrets and confidential information
Sample Clients:
Jeff Gordon, Inc.; CommScope, Inc.;
Carolina Panthers; Carolinas
Healthcare System

Ruden McClosky
www.ruden.com
Locations in Southeast:
Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Naples,
Orlando, Port St.Lucie, Sarasota,
St. Petersburg, Tallahassee, Tampa &
West Palm Beach, FL
# IP Lawyers in Southeast:
5 IP attorneys, 1 Patent Agent
Head of IP Practice:
Stanley Kim, PhD, Esq.
Specific Focus Areas:
Bio Tech; Patent, Trademark,
Copyright, Trade Secrets, Licensing,
Tech Transfer, Due Diligence, Internet
& Cyberspace Disputes, Litigation
Sample Clients:

Saliwanchik, Lloyd & Saliwanchik
www.slspatents.com
Locations in Southeast:
Gainesville, FL
# IP Lawyers in Southeast: 13
Head of IP Practice:
David R. Saliwanchik
Specific Focus Areas:
Biotechnology, engineering,
pharmaceutical, medical devices
Sample Clients:
Dow AgroSciences, Serono
International, LG, Harbor Branch
Oceanographic

Shutts & Bowen, LLP
www.Shutts-law.com
Locations in Southeast:
Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm
Beach, Orlando, Tampa &
Tallahassee, FL
Head of IP Practice:
Jonathan Cohen

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, LLP
www.smithlaw.com
Locations in Southeast:
Raleigh, NC
# IP Lawyers in Southeast: 15
Head of IP Practice:
R. Joseph (Joey) Morris
Specific Focus Areas:
Biotech, pharmaceuticals, software,
electronics, licensing, joint ventures
and strategic partnerships, mergers
and acquisitions, startups, emerging
and growth companies, copyrights,
trademarks, internet and e-commerce,
patent, copyright and trademark
infringement litigation, trade secret
litigation, unfair competition,
licensing disputes, arbitration.

Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
www.sgrlaw.com
Locations in Southeast:
Washington, DC; Atlanta, GA;
Jacksonville, FL
# IP Lawyers in Southeast: 25
Head of IP Practice:
Dale Lischer
Specific Focus Areas:
Trademark, service marks, patent
litigation, copyright, licensing

Smith Moore, LLP
www.smithmoorelaw.com
Locations in Southeast:
Greensboro, Raleigh & Wilmington,
NC; Atlanta, GA
# IP Lawyers in Southeast: 10
Head of IP Practice:
James A. Medford
Specific Focus Areas:
Litigation, Business, Health Care,
Labor and Employment

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
www.sonnenschein.com
Locations in Southeast:
Washington, DC; West Palm Beach, FL
# IP Lawyers in Southeast: 17
Head of IP Practice:
Alexander J. Hadjis
Specific Focus Areas:
Electrical and Life Sciences; Patent
Litigation; Patent; Trademark,
Copyright & Advertising Litigation;
Internet Business; Media, Libel and
First Amendment; Advertising Law;
Semi-conductor; Software; Hatch
Waxman; Medical devices and
Mechanical

Sughrue Mion, PLLC
www.sughrue.com
Locations in Southeast:
Washington, DC
# IP Lawyers in Southeast: 90
Head of IP Practice:
Cindy Weber
Specific Focus Areas:
Biotech, chemical, electrical,
mechanical, trademark, Internet,
interface, litigation

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, LLP
www.sablaw.com
Locations in Southeast:
Atlanta, GA; Washington DC;
Tallahassee, FL
# IP Lawyers in Southeast: 46
Head of IP Practice:
John L. North
Specific Focus Areas:
Copyright; IP Litigation; IP Licensing
and Transfer; Patents; Securities
Litigation; Biotechnology and Life
Sciences; Electrical and Computer
Sciences; Trade Secrets; Trademarks;
and Service Marks
Sample Clients:
Coca-Cola Company, CheckFree
Corporation, McKesson Provider
Technologies, BASF Corporation,
Bresagen, Inc., Georgia Tech Research
Corporation, Softcard Systems,
Metastatix

Troutman Sanders, LLP
www.troutmanssanders.com
Locations in Southeast:
Atlanta, GA; Richmond, Tysons
Corner, Virginia Beach & Norfolk, VA;
Raleigh, NC; Washington, DC
# IP Lawyers in Southeast: 53
Head of IP Practice:
Douglas D. Salyers
Specific Focus Areas:
Patent Prosecution; Trademark
Prosecution; IP Litigation; Copyrights;
Internet and E-Commerce; Trade
Secrets and Restrictive Covenants;
Licenses, Agreements and Other
Transactions; Franchising;
Sweepstakes and Gaming; IP
Administration; Newsletters and
Seminars
Venable, LLP
www.venable.com
Locations in Southeast:
Washington, DC; Tysons Corner, VA
# IP Lawyers in Southeast: 67
Head of IP Practice:
William D. Coston
Specific Focus Areas:
Copyright and unfair trade, IP
litigation, patent litigation, patent
prosecution, technology transactions,
trademark and domain name

Withrow & Terranova, PLLC
www.withrowterranova.com
Locations in Southeast:
Cary, NC
# IP Lawyers in Southeast: 6
Head of IP Practice:
Benjamin S. Withrow, Esq.;
Steven N. Terranova
Specific Focus Areas:
Patents, trademarks, copyrights and
related licensing and litigation

Womble Carlyle Sandridge
& Rice, PLLC
www.wcsr.com
Locations in Southeast:
Atlanta; Greenville, SC; Raleigh, NC;
RTP, NC; Greensboro, NC; Winston
Salem, NC; Tysons Corner, VA;
Washington, DC
# of IP Lawyers in Southeast: 46
Head of IP Practice:
M. Christopher Bolen & James F.
Vaughan, Co-chairs
Specific Focus Areas:
Patent procurement and prosecution,
trademark and copyright registration
and protection; and IP litigation.
Woods Rogers, PLC
www.woodsrogers.com
Locations in Southeast:
Roanoke, Richmond, Lynchburg,
Danville & Blacksburg, VA
# IP Lawyers in Southeast: 6
Head of IP Practice: William B. Poff
Specific Focus Areas:
IP litigation, trademark, copyright,
licensing, technology transfer

Woodcock Washburn, LLP
www.woodcock.com
Locations in Southeast:
Atlanta, GA
# of IP lawyers in Southeast: 3
Head of IP Practice: Wendy Choi
Specific Focus Areas:
All areas of IP
Sample Clients:
Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft,
Landmark Communications,
The Weather Channel, Cingular

Wyrick, Robbins, Yates & Ponton, LLP
www.wyrick.com
Locations in Southeast:
Raleigh, NC
# IP Lawyers in Southeast: 7
Head of IP Practice:
J. Christopher Lynch
Specific Focus Areas:
Information Technology, Life
Sciences, Telecommunications,
Consumer Products
Sample Clients:
A4 Health Systems, Arsenal Digital
Solutions Worldwide, Blackbaud,
Burt’s Bees, Madison River
Telecommunications, Nextreme
Thermal Solutions, Nitronex, PPD,
Salix Pharmaceuticals

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