Armstrong Teasdale announces that the firm and seven lawyers have been recognized among IAM’s 2024 Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Professionals. Partners Patrick Brennan, Richard Brophy, Daniel Fitzgerald, Erin Florek, Christopher Goff, James Heinen, Jr., Michael Munsell and Patrick Rasche are all ranked in the 2024 edition for their depth of experience in patent practice. In addition, the firm was recognized with a Gold band ranking in Missouri, including nods to the firm’s “distinguished attorneys who all want the best for their clients” and “keen understanding and adept navigation of the nuances of applicable law, as well as clients’ technology and business.”

“Our patent practice has long been a cornerstone of the firm and the work we do for clients around the world,” said Heinen, partner and Intellectual Property practice group leader. “The ranked individuals represent a great cross-section of our experience advising large, multinational clients in highly technical and regulated industries, from medical devices to manufacturing and computer science, and I’m happy to see their hard work recognized at this level.”

The 13th annual edition of the list profiles 1,000 key patent professionals in jurisdictions around the world and is considered the definitive “go-to” resource for those seeking to identify world-class, private practice patent expertise and leading expert witnesses in the U.S. IAM’s exhaustive research process was conducted over several months by a team of full-time analysts and involved thousands of interviews with high-profile patent practitioners around the world.

Armstrong Teasdale’s Intellectual Property lawyers represent some of the world’s largest companies across industry sectors and art units in pursuing protection for their most valuable assets and innovations. The firm boasts more than 120 IP lawyers and business professionals across offices internationally, and has consistently been recognized among the largest IP practices by the American City Business Journals. Our esteemed Patent lawyers have filed 14,668 patent applications in the last five years, with 2,894 of those originally drafted and filed. Members of the team are also experienced trial lawyers with significant IP litigation and post grant proceedings experience; noncompete and trade secrets lawyers; and copyright lawyers.