Firm Ranked Number One in the Nation for Intellectual Property
ATLANTA (August 6) – A record-breaking ninety-three Kilpatrick Stockton attorneys have recently been honored by their peers in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010. The firm was ranked number one in the nation in Intellectual Property with more ranked attorneys than any other firm in the U.S. Nearly 20% of the firm’s attorneys earned recognition in this prestigious publication.
Kilpatrick Stockton has a total of 16 areas of practice ranked in the top 10 nationally for the number of attorneys named, including, in the top 5: (#1) Intellectual Property; (#3) Advertising Law; (#4) Native American Law; (#5) Biotechnology and Structured Finance Law.
Others in the top 10 include: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Antitrust; Appellate; Construction; Employee Benefits; Entertainment; Franchise; Government Relations; Information Technology; Insurance Law; and Personal Injury Litigation.
Additionally, in Georgia, the firm garnered #1 rankings for the total number of attorneys listed in Advertising Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Information Technology; Intellectual Property; Public Finance; and Structured Finance Law. In North Carolina, the firm achieved a #1 ranking in Environmental Law.
Attorneys were selected for inclusion in this new edition of Best Lawyers based on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey that has been developed and refined for nearly 25 years.
Kilpatrick Stockton attorneys honored include:
Atlanta
Miles J. Alexander (25)
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Antitrust Law
Corporate Law
Intellectual Property Law
W. Benjamin Barkley
Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Securities Law
Rupert M. Barkoff (10)
Franchise Law
Joseph M. Beck (10)
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Entertainment Law
Intellectual Property Law
Thomas J. Biafore
Real Estate Law
Structured Finance Law
W. Stanley Blackburn
Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
James F. Bogan III
Commercial Litigation
William H. Boice
Commercial Litigation
Intellectual Property Law
Labor and Employment Law
Richard R. Boisseau (10)
Labor and Employment Law
William H. Brewster (10)
Advertising Law
Intellectual Property Law
Christopher P. Bussert
Franchise Law
Intellectual Property Law
Susan A. Cahoon (10)
Bet-the-Company Litigation Commercial Litigation
Intellectual Property Law
Richard R. Cheatham (10)
Banking Law
Corporate Law
Thomas H. Christopher (*)
Labor and Employment Law
Richard Cicchillo, Jr.
Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Gregory K. Cinnamon
Corporate Law
A. Stephens Clay IV (10)
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
James H. Coil III
Labor and Employment Law
Brian G. Corgan
Construction Law
Theodore H. Davis, Jr.
Intellectual Property Law
Scott M. Dayan
Tax Law
William E. Dorris
Construction Law
Stephen A. Edwards (*)
Public Finance Law
James L. Ewing IV (10)
Intellectual Property Law
Candace L. Fowler
Real Estate Law
Jamie L. Greene (10)
Biotechnology Law
Intellectual Property Law
Randall F. Hafer
Construction Law
Justin B. Heineman (*)
Corporate Law
R. Charles Henn, Jr. (*)
Intellectual Property Law
Richard A. Horder
Environmental Law
Hilary P. Jordan
Banking Law
Corporate Law
Structured Finance Law
Wab P. Kadaba (*)
Intellectual Property Law
M. Andrew Kauss
Real Estate Law
Laurel J. Lucey (*)
Intellectual Property Law
Alfred S. Lurey (25)
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
John K. McDonald
Intellectual Property Law
Dennis S. Meir (10)
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Matthew H. Patton
Commercial Litigation
William R. Poplin, Jr.
Construction Law
Judith A. Powell
Intellectual Property Law
John S. Pratt (10)
Intellectual Property Law
Diane L. Prucino
Labor and Employment Law
Susan H. Richardson
Environmental Law
Dean W. Russell (10)
Intellectual Property Law
Jennifer Stobie Schumacher
Employee Benefits Law
Caroline W. Spangenberg
Insurance Law
James D. Steinberg
Corporate Law
Information Technology Law
David A. Stockton (10)
Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Securities Law
Mitchell G. Stockwell
Intellectual Property Law
Phillip H. Street
Health Care Law
Jerre B. Swann (10)
Advertising Law
Intellectual Property Law
Neal J. Sweeney
Construction Law
G. Kimbrough Taylor, Jr. (10)
Corporate Law
Virginia S. Taylor (10)
Intellectual Property Law
James A. Trigg (*)
Intellectual Property Law
Rex R. Veal
Banking Law
Structured Finance Law
William J. Vesely, Jr.
Employee Benefits Law
Kathryn Wade (*)
Biotechnology Law
David M. Zacks (10)
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Health Care Law
Personal Injury Litigation
Augusta
Raymond G. Chadwick, Jr.
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Personal Injury Litigation
Product Liability Litigation
Perry R. Sentell III (*)
Personal Injury Litigation
W. Craig Smith (*)
Health Care Law
Charlotte
Robert T. Duffy
Tax Law
Raleigh
Randall D. Avram
Labor and Employment Law
Jeffrey A. Benson
Real Estate Law
Carl W. Hibbert (10)
Trusts and Estates
Gary K. Joyner
Real Estate Law
William F. Lane
Environmental Law
Steven J. Levitas
Environmental Law
W. Christopher Matton (*)
Corporate Law
Alan H. McConnell
Environmental Law
Gregg E. McDougal
Commercial Litigation
Hayden J. Silver III
Commercial Litigation
Craig B. Wheaton (10)
Employee Benefits Law
Washington
Keith M. Harper
Native American Law
Elliott H. Levitas
Government Relations Law
Constance K. Robinson (*)
Antitrust Law
Mark L. Stember (*)
Employee Benefits Law
Mark D. Taylor
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Mark D. Wincek
Employee Benefits Law
Winston-Salem
Stephen R. Berlin
Environmental Law
Susan H. Boyles
Commercial Litigation
Insurance Law
Personal Injury Litigation
Charles W. Calkins
Intellectual Property Law
Adam H. Charnes
Appellate Law
Commercial Litigation
Louis W. Doherty
Labor and Employment Law
W. Randy Eaddy (10)
Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
Corporate Law
Securities Law
Steven Gardner
Intellectual Property Law
Dudley Humphrey
Construction Law
Corporate Law
James H. Kelly, Jr. (10)
Commercial Litigation
Insurance Law
Personal Injury Litigation
Richard J. Keshian
Commercial Litigation
Product Liability Litigation
George L. Little, Jr. (10)
Antitrust Law
Commercial Litigation
Intellectual Property Law
David C. Smith
Commercial Litigation
Daniel R. Taylor, Jr.
Commercial Litigation
(*) Lawyers who are listed for the first time in Best Lawyers.
(10) Lawyers who have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 10 years.
(20) Lawyers who have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 20 years.
(25) Lawyers who have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 25 years.
About The Best Lawyers in America® 2010
The 2010 edition of Best Lawyers in America is based on more than 24,126 leading attorneys, who cast more than 2.8 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in the same and related specialties. Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey by the country’s leading attorneys and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
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