Magazine Compiles Top 50 List of Young IP Lawyers
A list of the top 50 intellectual property lawyers under the age of 45 includes big-firm partners, boutique litigators and in-house lawyers.
IP Law & Business (reg. req.) has compiled the list, starting with Oliver Ashe, who was a sixth-year associate when started his own firm, to William Zimmerman, who recently opened a Washington, D.C., office for Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear.
The magazine spotlighted several of its picks with separate articles. They include:
–John Dragseth, a partner at Fish & Richardson who “lives and breathes patent appeals, along with prosecution and opinion work.”
–Carl Horton, chief IP counsel at General Electric Co., who has developed “a reputation for being friendly, generous, inspiring, hardworking, and smart.”
–Jane Love, co-chair of the intellectual property group at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, who helped build the firm’s IP group in New York from five lawyers to about 30.
–Laurie Self, co-chair of the trademark and copyright group at Covington & Burling, who has spearheaded antipiracy and anticounterfeiting efforts abroad.
–Brian Siff, a partner at Dickstein Shapiro, described as offering sensitive and pragmatic advice to clients on business issues.
–Charles Verhoeven, a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges known for his skills as a trial lawyer. He successfully represented cell phone maker Nokia in a dispute with Qualcomm.
