McDermott Will & Emery offers a national presence in IP, with key locations in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC, Boston and Atlanta. The firm is recognised for IP protection and disputes.
Key IP practitioners at the firm include William Gaede, Sarah Chapin Columbia, Bhanu Sadasivan, Thomas Steindler, Christina Martini, Jeffrey Toney and Jennifer Mikulina.
2024/2025
"Christina Martini is a top expert, responsive and credible."
Christina Martini
"Provides trademark advice and expert witness."
2023
"We value their depth and insight on complex legal issues."
"Steve Hash and Margaret Sampson have a tremendous amount of complementary experience in the life sciences space. Margaret is more familiar with transactions and patent prosecution while Steve has extensive litigation and trial experience. The combination is terrific."
"Clear, thoughtful and best-in-class strategic guidance."
"McDermott Will & Emery has not only expertise but focus. The MWE team works well together to deliver good results."
"We value the team's prompt, thorough work."
"They are very pleasant, efficient and practical. "
"We value the customer service, quality of legal services and attention to detail. They have a proactive rather than reactive approach to projects, clarity of communication, accuracy, and unfailing integrity. "
"They are knowledgeable, responsiveness, customer-focused, organised and diligent."
"They are seasoned litigators. "
2021 client testimonials
"McDermott Will & Emery does a great job of providing pragmatic legal and business advice," says a client.
Another client said they used McDermott Will & Emery because of its "deep technical knowledge and experience; strong and ethical advocacy; and great focus on client service".
IP transactional lawyers Shaalu Mehra and Matthew King joined the firm's California practice in March 2023.