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IAM Recognizes Foley Attorneys and Jurisdictions in 2024 Edition of IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners

June 17, 2024

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Fourteen Foley & Lardner LLP attorneys and four firm jurisdictions have been recognized in the 2024 edition of the IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners.

The IAM 1000 directory is compiled by a team of researchers based on more than 1,800 interviews with patent practitioners, patent attorneys, and in-house counsel.

The Foley attorneys recognized include:

Pavan Agarwal
Scott Anderson
Courtenay Brinckerhoff
Jeanne Gills
Jeffrey Gundersen
Whit Johnson
Stephen Maebius
Christopher McKenna
Michele Simkin
Gary Solomon
Eric Sophir
Marcus Sprow
Sunit Talapatra
Joseph Ziebert

The Foley jurisdictions recognized include:

Massachusetts (Bronze)
Michigan (Bronze)
Washington, D.C. Metro Area (Recommended)
Wisconsin (Gold)

For more information about IAM, visit their website.

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Pavan K. Agarwal

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Washington, D.C. 202.945.6162

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Scott D. Anderson

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Milwaukee 414.297.5740

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Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff

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Washington, D.C. 202.295.4094

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Jeanne M. Gills

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Chicago 312.832.4583

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