Best Lawyers in America for Technology Law
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Jon is a member of Butler Snow’s Business Services group. With more than 25 years of experience, Jon works on behalf of clients to secure and protect their patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. His current practice is primarily focused on patent and trademark prosecution, and he has knowledge and experience across a wide range of other intellectual property matters, including licensing, technology transfer, and disputes involving intellectual property assets, including the...
Prior to beginning his legal career, Mr. Rettig worked in the automotive industry and held various product engineering and sales positions. He joined an intellectual property law firm in 1988, and concentrated his practice on obtaining and enforcing patents, trademarks and copyrights for clients in various fields, with a particular emphasis in the automotive industry. After practicing for 11 years, he joined a Tier I automotive supplier as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secreta...
Ian Ballon is an intellectual property and Internet litigator who represents clients in copyright, DMCA, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity, privacy, security, software, database and Internet disputes and in the defense of data privacy, behavioral advertising and other Internet-related class action suits. Mr. Ballon, who splits his time between the firm's Silicon Valley and LA offices, is the author of the four-volume legal treatise, E-Commerce and Internet Law: Treatise With Forms 2...
Jeffrey D. Neuburger is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Information Technology Law and Technology Law. Jeffrey D. practices law in New York, New York Best Lawyers has recognized Jeffrey D. Neuburger since 2006. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Jeffrey D. Neuburger is held by other lawyers.
Joshua S. Ganz is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Commercial Transactions / UCC Law, Information Technology Law, IT Outsourcing Law and Technology Law. Joshua S. practices law in Atlanta, Georgia Best Lawyers has recognized Joshua S. Ganz since 2020. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Joshua S. Ganz is held by other...
James R. Paine, Jr. is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Information Technology Law, IT Outsourcing Law and Technology Law. James R. practices law in Atlanta, Georgia Best Lawyers has recognized James R. Paine, Jr. since 2017. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which James R. Paine, Jr. is held by other lawyers.
Joel D. Bush is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Commercial Litigation, Information Technology Law, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Technology Law and Trade Secrets Law. Joel D. practices law in Atlanta, Georgia Best Lawyers has recognized Joel D. Bush since 2017. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professio...
Scott Kitchens is a partner in Alston & Bird’s Corporate & Business Transactions Group. He focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, equity investments, and complex commercial transactions. He has extensive experience leading transactions in the payments, technology, manufacturing, and distribution industries, especially in the acquisition or sale of privately held targets and divisions of public companies. Additionally, Scott is noted for his pragmatic a...
David Keating focuses his practice on matters involving technology and data. David is one of the co-leaders of the Privacy & Data Security Practice at Alston & Bird. He has advised clients on privacy and security issues arising along the entire data lifecycle for more than 15 years. He assists clients with compliance strategies, policy development and implementation, data monetization and data use analyses, new product development, privacy and security issues in transactions, and priv...
Chris Ford is the chair of Morrison & Foerster’s Global Sourcing Group. His practice focuses on advising customers on the full life cycle of their complex information technology and business process outsourcing transactions. Mr. Ford also advises clients on joint ventures and telecommunications and licensing transactions, as well as enterprise resource planning and other systems integration. Mr. Ford works closely with some of the leading global outsourcing consultancies and has a d...
NEAL ROACH focuses his practice in the areas of business transactions (particularly intellectual property licensing transactions), corporate compliance and securities law compliance, and healthcare and life sciences law. He has represented numerous startup and high-growth companies on a broad range of matters, including advice on corporate structure and financing; intellectual property protection, management and licensing; contracts; FDA issues; sales and marketing regulation; healthcare comp...
Susan L. Hintze is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Advertising Law, Information Technology Law, Privacy and Data Security Law and Technology Law. Susan L. practices law in Seattle, Washington Best Lawyers has recognized Susan L. Hintze since 2025. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Susan L. Hintze is held by other l...
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