Best Lawyers in Illinois, United States for Trademark Law
Natalie Prorok is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Intellectual Property Law and Litigation - Intellectual Property. Natalie, who practices law in Chicago, Illinois, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Natalie is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Jacqueline V. Brousseau is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Intellectual Property Law and Litigation - Intellectual Property. Jacqueline V., who practices law in Chicago, Illinois, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jacqueline V. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Brad is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group. As a registered patent attorney, he specializes in preparing and prosecuting patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He also coordinates with foreign legal counsel for patent prosecution in Europe, Japan, Korea, and other foreign patent offices. Brad works with inventors from a wide range of industries covering software, electrical, and mechanical innovations, but most recently has focused on m...
Philipp Ruben is a Partner at McAndrews, where he focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation and prosecution. Philipp has significant experience in the protection of design rights, including drafting and prosecuting design patent applications, design-arounds, counseling clients on design patent portfolios and conducting infringement/invalidity opinion work and due diligence investigations. Philipp also has experience with pre-suit investigation, motion practice, and discovery fo...
Jeff’s practice focuses on technology and intellectual property-related transactions, including technology and business process outsourcing, services and commercial agreements (sourcing, procurement, development), joint ventures and strategic alliances, software development and implementation, and software, trademark, patent, and technology licensing, as well as counseling clients on data security and data privacy matters. In addition, Jeff advises clients in various industries on techn...
Laura is an associate in the Intellectual Property practice group. During law school, Laura was a student attorney in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Clinic, where she counseled and represented both juveniles and adults facing criminal charges. Most recently, she was a Summer Associate at NGE.
Lisa Harkins is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Intellectual Property Law and Technology Law. Lisa, who practices law in Chicago, Illinois, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Lisa is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Carmel’s practice is informed by a combination of her experience as a federal district court clerk and her background with complex commercial litigation matters. Carmel has worked on a wide variety of cases involving health care regulation, product liability, anti-money laundering and consumer fraud, breach of contract and trade secret claims. She has previously represented banks in matters of overdraft fee litigation and merger acquisitions, as well as several intellectual property mat...
Michael Fleck welcomes a challenge and takes pride in relentlessly pursuing his clients’ best interests. A critical thinker and creative strategist, Mike’s calm and level-headedness arise from his dogged preparation and enthusiasm for tackling issues head on. Leveraging his engineering background, Mike concentrates on intellectual property litigation and other cases involving complex technical or scientific subject matter. Mike has litigated cases involving medical devices, aircra...
Saranya Raghavan is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Intellectual Property Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property and Litigation - Patent. Saranya, who practices law in Chicago, Illinois, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Saranya is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Todd Herst is a partner in Kirkland's Chicago Technology & IP Transactions Practice Group, focusing on structuring and negotiating complex transactions involving technology, intellectual property, and data, including mergers and acquisitions, licensing arrangements, outsourcing/services arrangements, bankruptcy matters, joint ventures, and strategic alliances. Todd was recognized in the 2021 and 2022 editions of Best Lawyers as "Ones to Watch" and in The Legal 500 U.S. as "Next Generation...
Jennifer Savitt is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Intellectual Property Law and Litigation - Intellectual Property. Jennifer, who practices law in Chicago, Illinois, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jennifer is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Alexis N. Degler is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative / Regulatory Law, Intellectual Property Law and Litigation - Intellectual Property. Alexis N., who practices law in Chicago, Illinois, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Alexis N. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Dr. Hervé Jacquiau focuses his legal practice in the areas of Intellectual Property, Business Development and Research & Development. Formerly a patent agent and technical advisor with the firm, Hervé has years of experience involving patent prosecution and litigation. His background covers a variety of technologies, particularly biotechnology (e.g. biofuels, fermentation processes); chemical engineering, molecular pharmacology and biochemistry (e.g. pharmaceuticals, biosimi...
Alfred counsels clients on intellectual property and technology-related transactions. His experience includes structuring, drafting and negotiating a wide variety of commercial and technology contracts, including software-as-a-service (SaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and similar cloud services agreements and hosting arrangements; patent, trademark, software and other technology licensing agreements; intellectual property transfer agreements; outsourcing and professional services agreement...
Tron Fu is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Intellectual Property Law and Litigation - Patent. Tron, who practices law in Chicago, Illinois, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Tron is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
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