Brinks' Gary Ropski Named #1 Leading IP Lawyer in Illinois; Laura Beth Miller Named to Top 100 Leading Women Business Lawyers
CHICAGO—Brinks shareholder Gary M. Ropski has been named the #1 Leading Intellectual Property Lawyer in Illinois and among the Top 100 Leading Business Lawyers by Leading Lawyers. Additionally, shareholder Laura Beth Miller has been recognized among the Top 100 Leading Women Business Lawyers and 33 Brinks attorneys have been named to the list of Leading Lawyers for 2018-2019.
With over 40 years of trial and appellate experience, Gary Ropski has handled more than 125 intellectual property cases in every federal judicial circuit, including jury trials, controversies before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and appeals at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Laura Beth Miller is co-chair of the firm’s litigation practice group and has more than 25 years of litigation and counseling experience. She first-chairs patent, trade secret and copyright cases, focusing on federal district court litigation and Section 337 proceedings before the International Trade Commission.
Brinks attorneys in the firm's Chicago office named by their peers as Leading Lawyers in Intellectual Property Law and Patent Law in Illinois for 2018-2019:
James Collins – Patent Law
Trevor Copeland – Patent Law
Heidi Dare – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
J. William Dockrey – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
Yuezhong Feng – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
David Fleming – Intellectual Property Law
William Frankel – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
John Freeman – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
Ralph Gabric – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
Kent Genin – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
Jerome Gilson – Intellectual Property Law
Jeffery Handelman – Intellectual Property Law
Joseph Hetz – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
Tadashi Horie – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
Harold Johnson – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
Brad Lane – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
David Lindner – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
John Lucas – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
Robert Mallin – Intellectual Property Law
Virginia Wolk Marino – Intellectual Property Law
Laura Beth Miller – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
John Murray – Intellectual Property Law
James Naughton – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
Jeff Nichols – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
Janet Pioli – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
John Rauch – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
Mark Remus – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
Marc Richards – Patent Law
Gary Ropski – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
Gustavo Siller – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
James Sobieraj – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
Andrew Stover – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
Dominic Zanfardino – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
Leading Lawyers, a division of the Law Bulletin Publishing Company, surveys thousands of attorneys statewide to identify lawyers most often recommended by their peers. Lawyers cannot nominate themselves or anyone at their own law firm. Fewer than five percent of all lawyers licensed to practice law in a given state can be named a Leading Lawyer. More information is at www.leadinglawyers.com.
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Celebrating more than 100 years of intellectual property law, Brinks Gilson & Lione is one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the U.S., and helps clients around the world to protect and enforce their intellectual property rights. Our lawyers, patent agents and scientific advisors assist clients in all aspects of patent, trademark, unfair competition, trade secret, and copyright law. Brinks attorneys provide informed counsel with respect to innovations in a range of complex and valuable technologies, including pharmaceuticals, chemicals, bioengineering, industrial manufacturing, electronics and software, and medical devices. More information can be found at www.brinksgilson.com.