Best Law Firms by Practice Area

In 2010, John Desmarais left a successful patent litigation practice with Kirkland & Ellis to hang his own shingle, Desmarais LLP, with some of his former Kirkland colleagues. The result is a successful and expanding mid-sized law firm...

As old as millennials, McKool Smith really embodies the culture of late 20 th and early 21 st century in terms of growth and matching market trends, having grown strategically in the firm’s 26 years. While McKool Smith may have begun as a small...

Durie Tangri is proof that the daydreams shared amongst law students of starting their own firm together can become a reality. Founding partners Daralyn Durie, Ragesh Tangri, and Mark Lemley were all classmates at Boalt Hall and practiced...

Headquartered in San Francisco, Keker, Van Nest & Peters is perhaps best known for handling major intellectual property disputes for some of the country's leading names in technology. The firm also has a reputation for unleashing experienced...

Chicago-based IP boutique firm Banner & Witcoff is unique not only for its status as a top firm in its field, but also for its role in shaping IP law by having represented defendants in groundbreaking Supreme Court cases. The firm, which has...

Virginia-based IP boutique Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. has one foot in the U.S. and one in Japan but both are strategically placed. Its U.S. office in Alexandria, Virginia is located next to the USPTO and its additional Tokyo...

Intellectual property powerhouse boutique firm Sughrue Mion obtains more U.S. patents than any other firm. With a top-notch litigation practice, one of the largest full service trademark practices in the country and wide-ranging expertise in...

Headquartered in the Twin Cities with eight offices stretching nationwide in both directions, IP boutique Merchant & Gould covers clients on the East Coast in New York and Washington, DC, as far south as Tennessee and Georgia, as far west as...

From its perch atop Chicago's NBC tower, Brinks Gilson & Lione is an intellectual property shop with a particularly firm grasp on the ins and outs of technology patenting. From biotechnology to international trademark law to trade secrets,...