For the fifteenth consecutive year, Alston & Bird has been recognized as a global leader in patent law by Intellectual Asset Management in its annual IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals.
In addition to Alston & Bird’s 22 individually ranked lawyers, the firm earned four practice rankings across the United States.
Ranked practices:
- Georgia: Firms (Prosecution) – Gold; Firms (Litigation) – Gold
- North Carolina: Firms – Gold
- New York: Firms (Litigation) – Bronze
- California: Firms (Litigation) – Bronze
Ranked attorneys:
- Dane Baltich: (North Carolina) Prosecution – Recommended
- Devon Beane: (Illinois) Litigation – Bronze
- Keith Broyles: (Georgia) Litigation – Gold
- Natalie Clayton: (New York) Litigation – Bronze
- Jason Cooper: (Georgia) Prosecution – Recommended
- Chris Douglas: (North Carolina) Prosecution – Recommended; Post-Grant Proceedings – Recommended
- Brian Ellsworth: (North Carolina) Prosecution – Recommended
- David Frist: (Georgia) Litigation – Bronze
- Guy Gosnell: (North Carolina) Prosecution – Recommended
- John Haynes: (Georgia) Litigation – Silver
- Matthew Howell: (Georgia) Litigation – Bronze
- Bob Lee: (Georgia) Litigation – Bronze
- Mike Newton: (Texas) – Bronze
- Scott Pivnick: (Washington D.C.) – Bronze
- Ben Pleune: (North Carolina) Litigation – Recommended
- Edward Poplawski: (California) Litigation – Bronze
- Steve Schilling: (North Carolina) Prosecution – Recommended
- Bryan Skelton: (North Carolina) Prosecution – Recommended; Transactions – Recommended
- Scott Stevens: (North Carolina) Litigation – Recommended
- Ted Stevenson: (Texas) – Gold
- Adam Swain: (Washington, D.C.) – Bronze
- David Teske: (Georgia) Prosecution – Recommended; Transactions – Recommended
IAM Patent 1000 is the most extensive and trusted guide to the world’s leading private practice patent firms and professionals in key jurisdictions.