Top 100 Intellectual Property Law Firms - Start On Purpose ...

1 2014. Start On Purpose . All rights reserved. Top 100 Intellectual Property Law Firms Noted by Start On Purpose for service excellence to entrepreneurs Every State Represented! Starting out on your own should never mean going it alone. Even sole proprietors and part-time entrepreneurs who prefer to work alone can benefit from a thriving eco-system of advisors, board members, mentors, lawyers, accountants, and other service professionals. It s all about surrounding yourself with insightful individuals who can help you accomplish more, especially in the months before your company is able to hire permanent staff.

2 When is the right time to reach out to a circle of social capital for strategic guidance? How about today? Just about every highly accomplished entrepreneur I know can trace their success to a handful of professional service advisors who stepped up to provide contacts, reassurance and shrewd negotiating guidance. They recall how their special advisors believed in me when no one else did. This chapter will help you find and collaborate with individuals who can help get your company to the next level of operating achievement.

3 For more actions steps and extensive guidance on copyrights, trademarks, licensing, patents and trade secrets visit Chapter 7 of Start On Purpose : Everything You Need to Know and Do to Startup with Strength. Your Next Action Steps: Interview three candidates. For all paid legal service relationships, including marketing, website design, legal, and accounting, interview at least three service candidates. In most cases a first meeting with a service professional will be free of charge, provided that you make clear that the meeting is exploratory in nature.

4 During this meeting you will have the opportunity to learn more about the service attitude of the professional, their special areas of expertise and pricing policy. You will find that when service providers know they are competing for an assignment, they work harder to demonstrate their expertise so you have a better appreciation of their skills before you make a decision. Avoid fast decisions. It s unwise to hire any service provider, independent contractor, or vendor during a first meeting. Ask for a written proposal and take 2014.

5 Start On Purpose . All rights reserved. the time to review it. With a written proposal in hand you are in a strong position to clarify assignment expectations, negotiate better pricing terms and ask questions about instances in which additional fees might be charged. 100 Recommended IP Law Firms for Firms listed in bold letters only practice Intellectual Property law firm Name HQ City Offices Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP Denver 13 Bryan Cave LLP, St. Louis, MO St. Louis 32 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh 15 Cades Schutte LLP Honolulu 4 Cantor Colburn LLP Hartford 5 Carey Rodriguez Greenbert O'Keefe, LLP Miami 3 Chernoff, Vilhauer, McClung & Stenzel LLP Portland 1 Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC Seattle 1 Cooley San Francisco 12 Covington & Burling LLP Washington, 10 Cox Smith Inc.

6 Austin 5 Cozen O'Connor Philadelphia 21 2014. Start On Purpose . All rights reserved. firm Name HQ City Offices DLA Piper Chicago 59 Dority & Manning, Greenville 1 Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Minneapolis 19 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Philadelphia 11 Durie Tangri LLP San Francisco 1 Faegre Baker Daniels Minneapolis 13 Feldman Gale Miami 4 Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner Washington, 9 Fish & Richardson Boston 12 Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto New York 3 Foley & Lardner Milwaukee 21 Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu New York 2 Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Houston 4 Godbey Griffiths.

7 LLLP Honolulu 1 2014. Start On Purpose . All rights reserved. firm Name HQ City Offices Goodwin Procter LLP Boston 9 GrayRobinson, Miami 11 Greenberg Traurig LLP New York 30 Harness, Dickey & Pierce PLC Troy 3 Hitchcock Evert LLP Dallas 1 Holland & Hart LLP Denver 15 Irell & Manella Los Angeles 2 K & L Gates Pittsburgh 48 Kenyon & Kenyon New York 3 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton Atlanta 20 Klarquist Sparkman, LLP Portland 1 Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP Irvine 8 Ladas & Parry, LLP New York 6 Malloy & Malloy, Miami 2 2014.

8 Start On Purpose . All rights reserved. firm Name HQ City Offices Marger Johnson & McCollom PC Portland 1 Marsh Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP Denver 2 Mascooff Brennan Salt Lake City 3 McDermott Will & Emery LLP Chicago 19 Michael Best & Friedrich LLP Milwaukee 5 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Philadelphia 24 Morrison & Foerster LLP San Francisco 16 Murray, Plumb & Murray Portland 1 Noblitt Group, PLLC Scottsdale 1 Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP Houston 8 Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP Alexandria 2 Oliff & Berridge.

9 PLC Alexandria 3 Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler New York 1 Perkins Coie, Seattle, WA Seattle 20 2014. Start On Purpose . All rights reserved. firm Name HQ City Offices Pierce Atwood LLP Portland 7 Pillsbury, Winthrop Shaw Pittman Washington, 15 Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC Bloomfield Hills 5 Ropers Majeski Kohn Bentley PC Redwood City 7 Ropes & Gray Boston 11 Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt Portland 6 Schwegman Lundbert & Woessner, Minneapolis 3 Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser Garden City 1 seed Intellectual Property Law Group Seattle 1 Sheldon Mak & Anderson Pasadena 1 Sidley Austin Chicago 18 Snell & Wilmer Phoenix 9 Staas & Halsey, LLP Washington.

10 1 Stinson Morrison Hecker Kansas City 10 2014. Start On Purpose . All rights reserved. firm Name HQ City Offices Stoel Rives LLP Portland 12 Sughrue Mion, PLLC Washington, 1 Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Cincinnati 7 Tensegrity Law Group Redwood Shores 1 Thomas Horstemeyer Atlanta 1 Trask Britt Salt Lake City 1 Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney PA Columbia 5 Venable, LLP Washington, 8 Vinson & Elkins LLP Houston 16 Volpe & Koenig, PC Philadelphia 2 Waddey & Patterson, Nashville 1 Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, Washington, 1 Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP Washington.