Banner Witcoff is listed on Law360’s annual ranking of the 400 largest law firms in the country. The annual list, Law360 400, recognizes the largest U.S. based firms, as well as international law firms with a U.S. component, measured by domestic attorney head count as of Dec. 31, 2018. Since Law360 collected the data, Banner…
Banner Witcoff launched its summer associate program today and will welcome 12 law students to the firm’s Chicago and Washington, D.C., offices over the next few months. The following first-and-second-year law students will participate in the firm’s summer associate program, which is designed to provide students with meaningful law firm experience in the field of…
Banner Witcoff has selected four law students as the 2019 recipients of the Donald W. Banner Diversity Fellowship. Created by the firm to strengthen diversity and inclusion in the field of intellectual property law, the fellowship provides recipients with $5,000 for law school tuition or other school-related expenses. The 2019 recipients are: Robert Chou, a…
On April 25, the Houston chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel and The Texas Lawbook awarded Banner Witcoff client Buc-ee’s and its deputy general counsel and head of litigation, Tracy Richardson, the 2019 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for Business Litigation of the Year. Banner Witcoff worked with Mr. Richardson to secure a jury verdict…
Banner Witcoff’s Donald W. Banner Diversity Fellowship Program was featured in an article in the March/April 2019 issue of Landslide magazine, published by the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law (ABA-IPL). The article, titled “Diversifying Intellectual Property Law: Why Women of Color Remain ‘Invisible’ and How to Provide More Seats at the Table,”…
Chambers and Partners again recognized Banner Witcoff as a top intellectual property law firm in its 2019 rankings of lawyers and law firms across the U.S. The firm received top rankings for patent prosecution in the District of Columbia and for intellectual property law in Illinois. Banner Witcoff attorneys Marc S. Cooperman and Joseph M.…
Eleven Banner Witcoff attorneys were recognized on the 2019 Washington, D.C., Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists for their work in intellectual property law. Robert F. Altherr Jr., John R. Hutchins, Joseph M. Potenza, and Bradley C. Wright were named 2019 Super Lawyers, and Michael S. Cuviello, Rajit Kapur, Scott M. Kelly, Chunhsi Andy Mu,…
Shawn W. O’Dowd has joined Banner Witcoff as of counsel in Washington, D.C., adding nearly three decades of patent prosecution, counseling, and litigation experience to the nationally recognized intellectual property law firm. Shawn is the latest of counsel addition to Banner Witcoff, which also welcomed four lateral associates during the first quarter of 2019. He…
Banner Witcoff attorney Scott M. Kelly moderated an April 12 panel discussion exploring copyright and other intellectual property issues related to tattoos and graffiti. The panel took place at the American Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Law Section’s (ABA-IPL) annual spring meeting in Arlington, Virginia. Scott moderated the discussion, which examined the growing trend of artists…
Bloomberg Law sought out Banner Witcoff attorney Scott M. Kelly for his insights on an April 3 order announcing that the Precedential Opinion Panel (POP) will review the requirements for printed publications at the institution stage. POP said it would reconsider the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) decision to deny a petitioner’s request to…
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