Welcome to the USA Trademarks Rankings 2025, designed to identify the foremost legal talent dedicated to brand protection across the US.
These national rankings identify the firms and individuals capable of advising leading clients and associate law firms on their most significant matters.
Reflecting the specific expertise required for different facets of trademark work, the rankings recognise firms and individuals in two categories: Non-Contentious and Contentious, with four tiers in each.
The Outstanding tier is reserved for firms and lawyers who operate at the “bet-the-brand” level for leading trademark owners, as well as those managing extensive portfolios and providing strategic advice for global technology companies, household-name brands, and Fortune 500 entities.
Exemplary work highlights for firms recognised this year include the Supreme Court ruling in Dewberry that vacated a $43m damages award for Gibson Dunn client Dewberry Group, and Debevoise’s representation of the Judd Foundation in its high-profile clash with Kim Kardashian over knock-off furniture.
There are also some stand-out instances of non-contentious work, such Coates IP’s services as global clearance counsel to Meta Platforms, and the Fenwick & West team that advised NVIDIA on its expansion into cutting-edge technologies such as AI for autonomous vehicles, datacentres, and robotics.
Overviews of the firms and their teams—and, where available, their key matters and clients—can be found via the links below.
Non-Contentious
Outstanding
Allison Strickland Ricketts, Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Anthony Malutta, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Anna Kuhn, Pirkey Barber
Mark Jansen, Fenwick & West
Joel Feldman, Greenberg Traurig
Highly Recommended
Glenn Gundersen, Davis Wright Tremaine
Eric Maiers, Greenberg Traurig
Dyan Finguerra-DuCharme, Pryor Cashman
Jason Champion, Knobbe Martens
Rachelle Dubow, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Anita Polott, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Sherri Eastley, Pirkey Barber
Emilia Cannella, Ropes & Gray
Candice Kwok, Squire Patton Boggs
Philip Zender, Squire Patton Boggs
Monica Riva Talley, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
Douglas Wolf, Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks
Purvi Patel Albers, Haynes and Boone
Karen Webb, Fenwick & West
Recommended
Paul Reilly, Baker Botts
Suzanne Hengl, Baker Botts
Susan Natland, BakerHostetler
Heather McDonald, BakerHostetler
Dyan House, Baker McKenzie
Amanda Kusnierz, Baker McKenzie
Farah Bhatti, Buchalter
Allisen Pawlenty, Coates IP
Emily Kappers, Crowell & Moring
Danny Awdeh, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
Jenifer deWolf Paine, Fish & Richardson
Catherine Farrelly, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
Jeff Becker, Haynes and Boone
Jeff Van Hoosear, Knobbe Martens
Eleanor Lackman, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
Kenneth Wilton, Seyfarth Shaw
Julia Sutherland, Seyfarth Shaw
Jennifer Golinveaux, Winston & Strawn
Christina Licursi, Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks
Joshua Simmons, Kirkland & Ellis
Rosaleen Chou, Knobbe Martens
Tiffany Ferris, Haynes and Boone
Marc Trachtenberg, Greenberg Traurig
Susan Heller, Greenberg Traurig
Notable
Kevin Bovard, BakerHostetler
Katie Laatsch Fink, Banner Witcoff
Anna King, Banner Witcoff
Alice Kelly, Ice Miller
Jessica Sganga, BakerHostetler
Lauren Emerson, Leason Ellis
Joseph Dages, Gray Ice Higdon
Karin Segall, Leason Ellis
Lisa Rosaya, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Jessica Wood, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Contentious
Hall of Fame
David Kelly, Kelly IP
Bill Barber, Pirkey Barber
Outstanding
Dale Cendali, Kirkland & Ellis
David Bernstein, Debevoise & Plimpton
Highly Recommended
Andrew Avsec, Crowell & Moring
Megan Bannigan, Debevoise & Plimpton
John Margiotta, Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Theodore Davis, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Charles Henn, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Mark Puzella, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Margret Caruso, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Edward Maluf, Seyfarth Shaw
Claudia Ray, Kirkland & Ellis
Mary Mazzello, Kirkland & Ellis
Dyan Finguerra-DuCharme, Pryor Cashman
Recommended
Stephen Coates, Coates IP
Valerie Goo, Crowell & Moring
Kent Goss, Crowell & Moring
Jared Kagan, Debevoise & Plimpton
Christopher Ford, Debevoise & Plimpton
Gina Durham, DLA Piper
Douglas Rettew, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
Richard Lehv, Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Amy Ziegler, Greer, Burns & Crain
Justin Gaudio, Greer, Burns & Crain
Lesley McCall Grossberg, Ice Miller
Charles Hooker, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Kathleen McCarthy, King & Spalding
Eleanor Lackman, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
Thad Chaloemtiarana, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson
Alex Bistline, Pirkey Barber
Steve Meleen, Pirkey Barber
Barry Cohen, Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld
Nancy Rubner Frandsen, Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld
Donna Tobin, Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld
Kenneth Wilton, Seyfarth Shaw
Anthony Dreyer, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Robert Maldonado, Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks
Joshua Simmons, Kirkland & Ellis
Notable
Paul Llewellyn, Arnold & Porter
Brendan Hughes, Cooley
Scott Sholder, Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard
Robert Weisbein, Foley & Lardner
Holiday Banta, Ice Miller
Steven Nataupsky, Knobbe Martens
Peter Sloane, Leason Ellis
Yuval Marcus, Leason Ellis
Ron Rothstein, Winston & Strawn
Anna Kurian Shaw, Hogan Lovells
