Magazine Compiles Top 50 List of Young IP Lawyers

A list of the top 50 intellectual property lawyers under the age of 45 includes big-firm partners, boutique litigators and in-house lawyers.

IP Law & Business (reg. req.) has compiled the list, starting with Oliver Ashe, who was a sixth-year associate when started his own firm, to William Zimmerman, who recently opened a Washington, D.C., office for Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear.

The magazine spotlighted several of its picks with separate articles. They include:

--John Dragseth, a partner at Fish & Richardson who “lives and breathes patent appeals, along with prosecution and opinion work.”

--Carl Horton, chief IP counsel at General Electric Co., who has developed “a reputation for being friendly, generous, inspiring, hardworking, and smart.”

--Jane Love, co-chair of the intellectual property group at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, who helped build the firm’s IP group in New York from five lawyers to about 30.

--Laurie Self, co-chair of the trademark and copyright group at Covington & Burling, who has spearheaded antipiracy and anticounterfeiting efforts abroad.

--Brian Siff, a partner at Dickstein Shapiro, described as offering sensitive and pragmatic advice to clients on business issues.

--Charles Verhoeven, a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges known for his skills as a trial lawyer. He successfully represented cell phone maker Nokia in a dispute with Qualcomm.