NEW YORK, July 18, 2023: Morgan Lewis has earned multiple global recognitions in the IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2023 guide, maintaining and earning new key rankings and recommendations across five US states and Washington, DC, as well as in the United States, China, and internationally.
The IAM Patent 1000, published by Globe Business Media Group, recognizes the top patent prosecution, licensing, and litigation practitioners worldwide based on peer and client reviews and independent research. The publication 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 categories are rated Highly Recommended or Recommended. In the 2023 guide, the firm earned 16 rankings and 27 Morgan Lewis lawyers were individually ranked.
Firm Rankings:
- Silver, Litigation, US National
- Silver, Litigation, Illinois
- Silver, Litigation, Pennsylvania
- Bronze, Litigation, California
- Bronze, Litigation, DC Metro Area
- 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
- Recommended, China: Foreign
- Recommended, International
- Recommended, International Trade Commission, US National (new IAM Patent 1000 section)
Individual Lawyer Rankings:
- Michael Abernathy: Litigation, Silver (Illinois); International Trade Commission, Recommended (US National)
- Stephen Altieri: Prosecution, Recommended (Massachusetts); Transactions, Highly Recommended (Massachusetts) (new ranking)
- Louis Beardell, Jr.: Prosecution, Recommended (Pennsylvania)
- Dion Bregman: Prosecution, Recommended (California); Post-Grant Proceedings, Recommended (US National)
- Julie Goldemberg: Litigation, Silver (Pennsylvania) (new ranking)
- Brent Hawkins: Litigation, Bronze (California)
- Mark Hayman: Transactions, Recommended (Massachusetts)
- 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)
- Janice Logan: Prosecution, Recommended (DC Metro Area) (new ranking)
- Michael Lyons: Litigation, Silver (California)
- Christina MacDougall: Prosecution, Recommended (California) (new ranking)
- Jeffry Mann: Prosecution, Recommended (California)
- Eric Namrow: Litigation, Silver (DC Metro Area); International Trade Commission, Recommended (US National)
- Rick Rambo: Litigation, Bronze (Texas)
- Stephanie Roberts: Litigation, Bronze (DC Metro Area) (new ranking)
- 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)
- Amanda Williamson, Litigation, Bronze (Illinois) (new ranking)
- Shaobin Zhu: Litigation, Highly Recommended (China: Foreign)
Access the complete IAM Patent 1000 2023 guide.