ATLANTA (August 27) — Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today that it has once again received high rankings by the prestigious 2012 Legal 500 US. The firm was recommended in nine practice areas and had 41 attorneys recommended in their respective legal specialty as well as two attorneys recognized as “Leading Lawyers.”

Legal 500 researchers and editors examine all of the significant firms in each country and make recommendations of the top firms and features select attorneys in each legal specialty including those honored as an elite “Leading Lawyer.”

Kilpatrick Townsend was recommended in the following nine practice area/s:

  • Finance – Capital markets: debt offerings
  • Finance - Corporate restructuring
  • Intellectual property - Copyright
  • Intellectual property - Patent prosecution: utility and design patents
  • Intellectual property - Trademarks: litigation
  • Intellectual property - Trademarks: non-contentious (full coverage)
  • Litigation – Trade secrets 
  • Media, technology and telecoms - Technology: outsourcing 
  • Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts - M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m) 
  • Real estate and construction - Construction (including construction litigation)

Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys recommended and recognized as “Leading Lawyers” (as noted with an asterisk) include:

Capital Markets: Debt Offerings  

  • David Eaton
  • Benjamin Barkley

Corporate Restructuring  

  • Todd Meyers 
  • Mark Taylor

Intellectual Property

Copyright

  • Joseph Beck*
  • Timothy Cahn 
  • Georges Nahitchevansky 
  • Lisa Pearson 
  • Joseph Petersen
  • James Trigg 

Patent Prosecution: Utility and Design Patents

  • Mark Barrish
  • James Ewing 
  • Paul Haughey 
  • Patrick Jewik 
  • John Pratt * 
  • William Shaffer 

Trademarks: Litigation 

  • William Brewster*
  • Anthony Malutta 
  • Lisa Pearson 
  • Ian Saffer 

Trademarks: Non-Contentious

  • William Brewster
  • Christine James 
  • David Mayberry 
  • Georges Nahitchevansky 
  • John Pratt* 
  • Jason Vogel

Litigation – Trade Secrets

  • James Bogan
  • Audra Dial 
  • Allen Garrett

Media, Technology and Telecoms – Technology: Outsourcing 

  • Wayne Elowe
  • Joshua Ganz 
  • James Paine 
  • Wab Kadaba 
  • James Steinberg

Mergers & Acquisitions and Buyouts: M&A: Middle-Market (Sub-$500m)

  • Richard Cicchillo*

Real Estate and Construction (including Construction Litigation)

  • Brian Corgan
  • Randy Hafer
  • Joseph Henner 
  • Lee Mann 
  • Neal Sweeney 
  • Chad Theriot

About Legal 500

The Legal 500 Series, now in its 25th year, is widely acknowledged as the world’s largest legal referral guide. This year, more than 180,000 in-house counsel and lawyers have been surveyed and interviewed globally. The Legal 500 is an independent guide, and firms and individuals are recommended purely on merit. For more information, please visit: http://www.legal500.com/

For more information about Kilpatrick Townsend, please visit: www.kilpatricktownsend.com.

Follow the firm on Twitter: @KTS_Law.

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