IAM Recognizes Foley Attorneys and Jurisdictions in 2025 Edition of IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners

Seventeen Foley & Lardner LLP attorneys and five firm jurisdictions have been recognized in the 2025 edition of IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners. Two partners — Liane Peterson and Kiri Lee Sharon — were recognized for the first time, and the Washington, D.C. office was elevated from “Recommended” to “Highly Recommended.”

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:

United States: DC Metro Area

• Pavan Agarwal (Bronze – Individuals: litigation)
• Courtenay Brinckerhoff (Highly Recommended – Individuals: prosecution)
• Stephen Maebius (Recommended – Individuals: transactions and prosecution)
• Liane Peterson (Bronze – Individuals: litigation)
• Kiri Lee Sharon (Recommended – Individuals: prosecution)
• Michele Simkin (Recommended – Individuals: prosecution)
• Eric Sophir (Recommended: DC Metro Area)
• Sunit Talapatra (Recommended – Individuals: prosecution)
• Ngai Zhang (Recommended – Individuals: prosecution)

United States: Illinois

• Jeanne M. Gills (Recommended: Illinois)

United States: Massachusetts

• Matthew Lowrie (Silver – Individuals: litigation)
• Christopher McKenna (Recommended – Individuals: prosecution)

United States: Michigan

• Marcus Sprow (Recommended – Individuals: prosecution)

United States: Texas

• Gary Solomon (Recommended: Texas)

United States: Utah

• Whit Johnson (Recommended: Utah)

United States: Wisconsin

• Scott Anderson (Recommended – Individuals: transactions and prosecution)
• Jeffrey Gundersen (Recommended – Individuals: transactions and prosecution)
• Joseph Ziebert (Recommended – Individuals: prosecution and transactions)

Japan: Foreign

• Etsuo Doi (Recommended – Individuals: transactions)

The Foley jurisdictions recognized include:

• Massachusetts (Bronze)
• Michigan (Bronze)
• Washington, D.C. Metro Area (Highly Recommended)
• Wisconsin (Gold)
• Japan: Foreign (Recommended)
• International (Recommended)

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