Best Lawyers Near You in Beverly, Massachusetts for Litigation - Intellectual Property
Alison Burton focuses her practice on complex litigation matters, particularly intellectual property disputes. Ms. Burton has represented clients in patent cases involving a variety of technologies, such as pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and smartphones. Ms. Burton has experience with all phases of litigation, including fact and expert discovery, motion practice, claim construction, trial, and appeal.
Christina Luo represents clients in high-stakes commercial litigation in federal court and investigations across a range of practice areas, including civil and criminal antitrust law, intellectual property, trademark, trade secret, white-collar, and business litigation. Ms. Luo has experience in all stages of litigation, including handling fast-moving cases during discovery, taking and defending depositions, and serving as a key member of a trial team.
Bryan Harrison is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Intellectual Property. Bryan, who practices law in Boston, Massachusetts, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Bryan is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
James Bor-Zale is a counsel who focuses his practice on complex litigation matters, particularly intellectual property disputes. He has represented leading technology and pharmaceutical companies in high-stakes patent and trade secret cases. Mr. Bor-Zale has experience with all phases of litigation including pre-suit investigation, fact and expert discovery, motion practice, trial, and appeal. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Bor-Zale was a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Scott L. Kafker of...
Zach Nemtzow focuses his practice on intellectual property matters, including patent prosecution, post grant proceedings and patent litigation. Mr. Nemtzow handles matters in a wide range of technology fields including data storage, telecommunications networks, mobile devices, semiconductors and consumer products.
Nina Garcia focuses her practice on intellectual property litigation. She counsels prominent technology companies involved in global patent disputes and assists clients with patent litigation in federal district courts and in Section 337 investigations before the United States International Trade Commission. These disputes involve a variety of technologies, including smartphones, semiconductors and pharmaceuticals.
Harry Hanson focuses his practice on complex intellectual property matters. Mr. Hanson assists a variety of clients in trademark disputes and in patent litigation in federal district court, before the United States International Trade Commission and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and at the Federal Circuit. He has represented clients in patent disputes involving a broad range of technological fields, including pharmaceuticals, smartphones, tablet computers and microprocessor technologies....
Alexander Friel is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Intellectual Property Law and Litigation - Intellectual Property. Alexander, who practices law in Boston, Massachusetts, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Alexander is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Tyler Shearer focuses his practice on antitrust and competition law. Prior to joining the firm, he clerked for the Honorable Steven M. Colloton of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, externed for the Honorable Juan R. Torruella of the First Circuit Court of Appeals and was a WilmerHale summer associate.
Karl T. Fisher is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Intellectual Property Law and Litigation - Intellectual Property. Karl is based in Boston, MA and practices patent and trademark litigation, as well as Lanham Act false advertising matters and Trade Secret disputes nationwide. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Karl is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Annaleigh E. Curtis focuses her practice on complex litigation matters, particularly disputes involving intellectual property. Ms. Curtis has represented clients in cases involving a wide range of technologies, from video coding, wireless and cellular technology, and solar modules to mRNA vaccines, gene therapy, and treatments for blood clots and hemophilia. Ms. Curtis has experience with all phases of litigation, including pre-suit assessment, document discovery, taking and defending fact an...
Disha Patel focuses her practice on complex litigation matters, particularly intellectual property disputes. Ms. Patel has represented clients – both patent holders and accused infringers – in cases involving a range of technologies. She also maintains an active pro bono practice, which has included defensive asylum proceedings, child support and custody litigation, and reproductive rights litigation. Ms. Patel has argued in federal district court, served as lead trial counsel in ...
Madeleine Laupheimer represents a variety of clients in intellectual property litigation matters. Her practice includes litigation before federal district courts, appellate courts and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Laupheimer was a law clerk to the Honorable Richard G. Taranto of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Honorable F. Dennis Saylor, IV of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts. As a law student, Ms. Laupheimer s...
George F. Manley is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation and Litigation - Intellectual Property. George F., who practices law in Boston, Massachusetts, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which George F. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Tiffany M. Knapp is an intellectual property litigation partner in the Boston office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Her practice focuses on high-tech patent litigation in federal district courts and before the United States International Trade Commission. Her practice, supported by her background in software and computer science, covers a variety of complex technologies included consumer telecommunications systems, DDR4-compliant memory modules and DRAM, memory controllers, voice over internet ...
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