Virginia’s ‘Go To Lawyers’ for intellectual property named
Kelly Caplan//August 22, 2022//
Virginia Lawyers Weekly is pleased to introduce the next group of honorees in our program recognizing the leading lawyers in a particular field of law.
The field of practice for this “Virginia’s Go To Lawyers” section is intellectual property law.
Now in its third year, the “Go To Lawyers” program recognizes leading lawyers in a particular practice area. Earlier this year, we celebrated the commonwealth’s Go To Lawyers for employment law and business law.
A “Go To Lawyer” is:
- A lawyer who is an expert in his or her field, well-versed in the nuances of the case law, statutes and regulations clients will encounter.
- A lawyer who is experienced and enjoys a record of success, with many cases and/or transactions that give testimony to the quality advice he or she can provide.
- A lawyer to whom other lawyers make referrals because of his or her expertise and accomplishments.
- A lawyer who can think creatively and identify all options for a client.
- A lawyer you would name when a friend from another state calls and says she has a client who needs some legal help in a given part of our state.
- A lawyer you might call yourself if you needed legal help in his or her field.
Virginia’s “Go To Lawyers” for intellectual property law for 2022 are:
- Robert A. Angle, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, Richmond
- Dawn-Marie Bey, Bey & Cotropia, Richmond
- Elizabeth Burke, Jones Robb, McLean
- Shawn Cage, Buchanan, Ingersoll, Rooney, Alexandria
- Zachary D. Cohen, ThompsonMcMullan, Richmond
- Donghua Deng, Nixon & Vanderhyde, Arlington
- Thomas Dunlap, Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig, Leesburg
- Maya Eckstein, Hunton Andrews, Richmond
- Paul Harrity, Harrity & Harrity, Fairfax
- David Johnson, Offit Kurman, Tysons
- Hean Koo, Pillsbury, McLean
- Stephen Kunin, Maier & Maier, Alexandria
- Joshua F. P. Long, Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black, Roanoke
- Dana McDaniel, Spotts Fain, Richmond
- Stephen Noona, Kaufman & Canoles, Norfolk
- Peter Riebling, Riebling Law, Vienna
- Mari-Elise Paul, Stites & Harbison, Alexandria
- Lucy Jewett Wheatley, McGuireWoods, Richmond
- Edward White, Williams Mullen, Richmond
Honorees will be profiled in a special section in the Sept. 26 print and digital issues of Virginia Lawyers Weekly.
Please join us in congratulating these outstanding lawyers specializing in all aspects of intellectual property law.
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