Pillsbury partner William Atkins has been lead counsel in 100+ intellectual property and bet-the-company litigations during his 25 years with the firm.

With more than 20 years of experience representing numerous Fortune 500 companies, Jack Barufka ranks as one of the top intellectual property attorneys in the U.S.

Pillsbury partner James Bobotek concentrates his practice on a variety of construction and insurance matters.

Craig Chason, leader of Pillsbury’s Northern Virginia Office Corporate practice, advises principally in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, governance, and corporate finance for clients in the government IT, defense and aerospace sectors.

Bryan Collins is a partner in Pillsbury’s Intellectual Property practice. His experience and background are well suited to serving the litigation, counseling and complex prosecution needs of clients.

R.J. Davis, Pillsbury’s Northern Virginia office leader, represents local, regional, and national developers, lenders, equity funds, private and institutional investors, and joint venture partners in commercial real estate transactions.

David Dixon, Pillsbury’s Government Contracts & Disputes practice co-leader, concentrates his practice on the formation, administration and litigation of government contracts, grants and cooperative agreements at the federal level.

Meghan Doherty represents clients in a wide variety of matters including bid protests, cybersecurity, M&A, size protests and appeals, claims, and suspensions and debarments.

Ellen Grady advises public, private and nonprofit entities on complex corporate transactions, principally mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, venture capital and private equity transactions, securities offerings, and corporate governance.

Jean-Paul Hoffman represents technology and emerging businesses in U.S. and international patent application preparation and prosecution, patent validity and infringement opinions, and a wide range of related IP matters.

Nicole Islinger focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, and other complex commercial transactions, including technology and government contracts, and general business law.

John Jensen is noted by Chambers USA and The Legal 500 U.S. as a federal government contracts authority.

Steve Kaplan, co-leader of Pillsbury’s Emerging Companies & Venture Capital practice and M&A partner, guides entrepreneurs from a wide industry spectrum through every phase of building, growing, operating and eventually selling successful businesses.

Hean Koo focuses his practice on patent prosecution and IP counseling in a variety of sectors, including computer software, blockchain, AI, machine learning, digital medicine, retail point-of-sale (POS) systems, software relating to retail touch points, wireless communication systems, medical devices and haptic-enabled devices.

Pillsbury Intellectual Property partner Christophe Lair is a skilled patent lawyer and experienced engineer with deep knowledge of technical disciplines.

Jessica Lee advises clients in complex commercial transactions, from public-private partnerships to multi-million dollar construction financings.

Steve Meltzer is a partner in the law firm’s Corporate practice, where he focuses his activities on information technology, life sciences, health care, defense and intelligence-related projects.

Steve Ryan advises companies on venture capital, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate governance matters with a strong emphasis on representing private high-growth companies and venture capital investment firms.

Pillsbury Corporate partner Matt Swartz advises middle-market and technology companies, and their investors, on M&As, venture capital and private equity transactions, and public securities offerings.

Alex Tomaszczuk, Pillsbury’s Government Contracts & Disputes practice co-leader, is repeatedly recognized by Chambers USA as an authority on government contracts and disputes litigation.

Pat Doody, a recognized authority on post-grant proceedings, patent infringement and Hatch-Waxman litigation, leads Pillsbury’s U.S. Patent and Trademark Office litigation team.

Ben Kiersz is a special counsel in Pillsbury’s Intellectual Property practice. Located in the Northern Virginia office, Ben focuses on patent litigation, counseling and prosecution.

Ric Macchiaroli focuses his practice on Section 337 investigations before the U.S. International Trade Commission, and the enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights before U.S. Customs.

David Miller, a Pillsbury Real Estate partner, has closed billions of dollars in public-private partnerships, financings and other complex transactions for U.S. and international clients.

Drew’s practice focuses on trusts and estates as well as on corporate matters.

Theresa Roozen is an attorney in Pillsbury’s Intellectual Property group, where she focuses her practice on all aspects of intellectual property litigation.

David Simons focuses his practice on patent infringement litigation and post-grant proceedings.

Aleksey Dabbs advises and represents government contractors across a wide spectrum of legal issues, including bid protests, mergers and acquisitions and compliance matters.

Ava Gerami is an associate in the firm’s Emerging Growth & Venture Capital practice and is located in the Northern Virginia office.

Michael Grosso focuses his practice on all aspects of intellectual property, with a primary concentration on patent prosecution and litigation.

Nino Li is an associate in Pillsbury’s real estate practice.

Arielle Murphy’s practice involves the drafting and negotiation of construction, consulting, design, development, installation, and other construction-related agreements for large office, residential, hotel, and mixed-use projects.

Anne Reyna is an associate who focuses her practice on general corporate matters, including capital markets, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and securities law compliance.

Toghrul Shukurlu's practice focuses on a broad spectrum of government contracts law.

Robert Starling represents clients on a broad spectrum of government contracts matters.

Benjamin Whitlow is an associate in the firm’s Corporate practice and is located in the Northern Virginia office.

Rob advises technology clients from startups to government research agencies to multinational corporations on strategies for obtaining patents and for navigating the landscape of competitors' patents.

Tim Bright is a driven and knowledgeable IP professional with deep experience prosecuting patents in a broad range of technologies.

Maitri Jaddu is a patent agent who performs various tasks related to patent prosecution including all aspects of preparing and prosecuting patent applications.

Jordan Kwan focuses his practice on all aspects of preparing and prosecuting patent applications and managing patent portfolios.

Alexis Landrum’s practice encompasses a broad range of matters in government contract law.

Jaclyn A. Schade assists clients in analyzing disclosures and writing & prosecuting patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and foreign patent offices.