IRVINE, Calif., August 15, 2024 – Knobbe Martens is pleased to share that Best Lawyers in America has included 60 of the firm’s lawyers in its 2025 Guide. The recognized Knobbe Martens lawyers come from all of the firm’s practice areas and from each of the firm’s offices across the country.
Best Lawyers named 17 of the firm’s partners in its 2025 guide, and 43 additional attorneys were featured in the “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” category. Additionally, partner Sheila Swaroop, chair of the firm’s litigation practice, was named 2025 Patent Litigation “Lawyer of the Year” in Orange County. The “Lawyer of the Year” distinction is awarded to individual lawyers who received the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region.
Best Lawyers highlights exceptional legal talent in numerous practice areas based on the consensus opinions of leading lawyers within the same legal practice and geographical area. Analysts drew on millions of detailed surveys and compared the accomplishments of approximately 80,000 attorneys to determine honorees for the 2025 list.
This year’s “Best Lawyers” honorees and their practice areas include:
- Maria Anderson – Information Technology Law, Patent Law, Technology Law, Trademark Law
- Matthew Bellinger – Trademark Law
- Jared Bunker – Patent Litigation
- John Grover – Intellectual Property Litigation
- Colin Heideman – Intellectual Property Litigation
- Joe Jennings – Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation
- Lauren Keller Katzenellenbogen – Intellectual Property Litigation, Copyright Law, Trademark Law
- Kimberly Miller – Patent Law
- Steven Nataupsky – Intellectual Property Litigation
- Carol Pitzel Cruz – Intellectual Property Litigation
- Joseph Re – Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation
- Joseph Reisman – Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation, Patent Law
- Melanie Seelig – Patent Law, Trademark Law
- Craig Summers – Intellectual Property Litigation
- Sheila Swaroop – Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation
- Mauricio Uribe – Information Technology Law, Patent Law, Technology Law
- William Zimmerman – Intellectual Property Litigation
The “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” recognition is given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence. This year’s “Ones to Watch” honorees and their practice areas include:
- Jessica Achtsam – Intellectual Property Law
- Jeremy Anapol – Patent Litigation
- Benjamin Anger – Patent Litigation
- Charlene Azema – Technology Law
- Vikas Bhargava – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
- Jeremy Carney – Intellectual Property Law
- Karen Cassidy Selvaggio – Patent Litigation
- Andrea Cheek – Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation
- Heungsoo Choi – Patent Law
- Morgan Coates – Patent Law
- David Cohen – Patent Law
- Tom Cowan – Patent Law, Technology Law
- Scott Cromar – Intellectual Property Law
- Jane Dai – Patent Law
- Aaron Davis – Intellectual Property Law
- Angela Dremann – Intellectual Property Law
- Devanie DuFour – Patent Law
- Dan Gibson – Intellectual Property Law
- Justin Gillett – Patent Litigation
- Jordan Gottdank – Patent Litigation, Patent Law
- Brian Graham – Patent Law
- Mitchell Hadley – Patent Law
- Damien Howard – Technology Law
- Daniel Kiang – Patent Litigation
- Shannon Lam – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
- Peter Law – Patent Litigation, Patent Law
- Chang Lim – Intellectual Property Law
- Vladimir Lozan – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
- Mark Marsden – Health Care Law
- Alexander Martinez – Intellectual Property Law
- Christie Matthaei – Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation, Patent Law
- Hans Mayer – Intellectual Property Litigation
- Bryan McWhorter – Patent Law
- Jacob Peterson – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
- Adam Powell – Antitrust Law
- Nathan Reeves – Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation, Patent Law
- Jacob Rosenbaum – Intellectual Property Law, Intellectual Property Litigation
- Marissa Rosenbaum – Intellectual Property Law
- David Schmidt – Intellectual Property Law
- Harnik Shukla – Intellectual Property Law
- Jason Swartz – Intellectual Property Law
- David Trossen – Patent Law
- Sabrina Wang – Intellectual Property Law
About Knobbe Martens
Knobbe Martens is a highly respected intellectual property law firm, offering legal services in all aspects of intellectual property and technology law. The firm’s litigation group handles cases throughout the U.S. and coordinates strategy for disputes worldwide. Founded in California in 1962, the firm has about 300 lawyers and scientists based in offices located in Orange County, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington D.C. Knobbe Martens serves a diverse international client base, from multinational corporations to emerging businesses of all stages. More information about the firm can be found at www.knobbe.com.
