Managing IP Lauds Pillsbury’s Patent, Trademark Practices and Partners across Categories

In California, the firm is recommended in the Patent Contentious, Patent Prosecution, Trademark Contentious and Trademark Prosecution categories. In Virginia, the firm is highly recommended in Intellectual Property.

Additionally, seven partners across the firm’s nationwide IP practice received individual rankings. They are:

• William Atkins: Trademark Star, Patent Star—Washington, DC and Virginia
• Jack Barufka: Patent Star—Virginia
• Bryan Collins: Patent Star—Virginia
• Evan Finkel: Patent Star—California
• Richard Kirkpatrick: Trademark Star—California
• Kecia Reynolds: Trademark Star, Patent Star—Washington, DC
• Keeto Sabharwal: Patent Star—Washington, DC

In addition to her practice and jurisdiction rankings, partner Kecia Reynolds is included on Managing IP’s list of the Top 250 Women in IP in 2019—her seventh straight year receiving this honor. For a full profile of Pillsbury’s rankings, click here.

Managing IP has been researching and ranking intellectual property firms since 1996 and employs an experienced global team of research analysts and journalists to inform its annual rankings.

On the cutting edge of IP for more than 120 years, Pillsbury’s Intellectual Property lawyers provide clients with successful and comprehensive IP strategies to protect, manage and optimize IP assets. We also assert and defend infringement claims and resolve IP-related disputes before regulatory bodies, in courts and at the negotiating table. Our team includes more than 100 IP lawyers, many bilingual, plus technical consultants, patent agents, former U.S. Patent and Trademark Office examiners, and scientists and engineers with advanced degrees in electrical and mechanical engineering, chemistry, biotechnology, physics and numerous other technical disciplines.