Harness IP is proud to announce that Best Lawyers^® has recognized two of its intellectual property attorneys as 2023 “Lawyer of the Year.” Jessica Sachs received the Best Lawyers 2023 Trademark Law “Lawyer of the Year” award in Detroit. Michael Thomas received the Best Lawyers 2023 Copyright Law “Lawyer of the Year” award in St. Louis. “Lawyer of the Year” honors are awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region based on extremely high overall peer feedback, making it an exceptional distinction.

Also included in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^® listing were 36 of the firm’s intellectual property attorneys for their work in one or several fields.  

In addition to the “Lawyer of the Year” distinction, Best Lawyers recognizes attorneys who typically have been in practice fewer than 10 years and have demonstrated outstanding professional excellence as “Ones to Watch.” Four Harness IP attorneys received this distinction.

Best Lawyers, one of the oldest and most distinguished legal directories, conducts peer-review surveys to compile its annual list of top attorneys across various practice levels. The 2023 edition of the publication is available at www.bestlawyers.com.

By office, the following Harness IP attorneys are listed in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America:

 

Metro Detroit

Geoff Aurini – Trademark Law

Beth Coakley – Copyright Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets Law

Michael Doerr – Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law

Mark Elchuk – Patent Law

Stan Erjavac – Patent Law

Monte Falcoff – Litigation – Intellectual Property, Patent Law, Trademark Law

Glenn Forbis – Copyright Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent 

Paul Keller – Copyright Law, Patent Law

Joe Lafata – Patent Law 

Tim MacIntyre – Patent Law 

Michael Malinzak – Patent Law

Kevin Mierzwa – Patent Law

George Moustakas – Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law

Stephen Olson – Patent Law

Jessica Sachs – Trademark Law (Lawyer of the Year)

Greg Schivley – Patent Law

Colleen Shovlin – Patent Law, Trademark Law

Bob Siminski – Patent Law

Jeff Snyder – Appellate Practice

Duke Taylor – Patent Law

Dave Utykanski – Litigation – Intellectual Property, Patent Law

Mike Wiggins – Patent Law

Jennifer Woodside Wojtala – Patent Law

 

Metro St. Louis

Matt Cutler – Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law

Mike Kella – Litigation – Patent, Patent Law

Greg Meyer – Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law

Brian Panka – Patent Law

Doug Robinson – Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent

Joel Samuels – Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Trademark Law 

Mike Smith – Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent 

Michael Thomas – Copyright Law (Lawyer of the Year), Patent Law, Trademark Law

David Tucker – Patent Law

Joe Walsh – Copyright Law, Patent Law, Trademark Law

Andrew Wegman – Patent Law

Bryan Wheelock – Copyright Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law, Trademark Law

 

Metro Dallas

Jerry Welch – Copyright Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law, Trademark Law

The following Harness IP attorneys have been honored as “Ones to Watch:”

 

Metro Detroit

Jewell Briggs – Litigation – Patent  

Jennie Turchyn – Patent Law

 

Metro DC

Paul Kim – Patent Law

Evan Liebovitz – Patent Law