For the 10th consecutive year, Alston & Bird has been recognized as a global leader in patent law by Intellectual Asset Management in its annual IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals.
As noted in the 2021 IAM Patent 1000:
“Alston & Bird puts wide-ranging patent expertise at the fingertips of clients: when they need prosecution services, it calls to action advanced technical specialists with an affinity for IP value creation; and when they need to enforce patent rights or defend them against commercial competitors, it deploys seasoned litigators to the battlefield.”
Alston & Bird earned three practice rankings in this year’s report and 17 individual lawyer rankings.
Ranked practices are:
- Georgia: Firms – Gold
- North Carolina: Firms – Gold
- New York Firms: Litigation – Bronze
Ranked attorneys are:
- Dane Baltich: (Georgia) Prosecution – Recommended
- Keith Broyles: (Georgia) Litigation – Gold
- Natalie Clayton: (New York) Litigation – Bronze
- Mike Connor: (North Carolina) Litigation – Recommended
- Jason Cooper: (Georgia) Prosecution – Recommended
- Chris Douglas: (North Carolina) Prosecution – Recommended; (National) Post-Grant Proceedings – Recommended
- Brian Ellsworth: (North Carolina) Prosecution – Recommended
- Guy Gosnell: (North Carolina) Prosecution – Recommended
- Bob Lee: (Georgia) Litigation – Bronze
- Chris Lightner: (Georgia) Prosecution – Recommended
- Mike Newton: (California) Litigation – Bronze
- Scott Pivnick: (Washington, D.C.) Litigation – Bronze
- Ben Pleune: (North Carolina) Litigation – Recommended
- Bruce Rose: (North Carolina) Litigation – Recommended
- Ted Stevenson: (Texas) Litigation – Gold
- Ardeshir Tabibi: (California) Prosecution – Recommended
- David Teske: (Georgia) Prosecution – Recommended
IAM Patent 1000 is the world’s most extensive guide to leading private practice patent professionals and firms in key jurisdictions globally. Firm rankings are based on the depth of experience, market presence, and level of work. Individual rankings are based on feedback from peers and clients.