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IAM Ranks Crowell & Moring in Patent 1000 2025

Firm News | 2 min read | 05.30.25

Chicago – May 30, 2025: Intellectual Asset Management recognized Crowell & Moring in its IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners guide, awarding the firm a gold band ranking as one of the top three firms handling patent litigation and transactions in Belgium, and a silver ranking for the firm’s Chicago office. The firm was also recommended nationally in the United States for trade secrets litigation. This marks the twelfth consecutive year that the firm has been ranked in the guide in Belgium.

IAM notes of the firm’s Brussels practice: “A national juggernaut of IP litigation and transactions, Crowell & Moring sets the standard of avant-garde and transformative IP practices in Belgium.” Regarding Crowell’s Chicago office, IAM says, “Premier outfit Crowell & Moring has forged a ‘first-class reputation, with experts in the field of patent work.’”

Individual lawyers from the firm’s Brussels, Chicago, Orange County, and New York offices were recommended in the guide, including:

Belgium

United States

  • William H. Frankel (Silver – United States: Illinois, Litigation)
  • James R. Sobieraj (Silver – United States: Illinois, Litigation)
  • Jon Gurka (Bronze – United States: California, Litigation)
  • Paul Keller (Bronze – United States: New York, Litigation)
  • Laura A. Lydigsen (Bronze – United States: Illinois, Litigation)
  • Mark H. Remus (Bronze – United States: Illinois, Litigation)
  • Joseph F. Hetz (Recommended – United States: Illinois, Prosecution)
  • Anne Elise Herold Li (Recommended – United States: National, Trade Secret Litigation)

IAM Patent 1000 conducts over 1,800 interviews with in-house counsel and other lawyers to gather market intelligence on leading firms and individuals and develop its recognitions. To see the firm’s full rankings in the Patent 1000, please visit here.

About Crowell & Moring LLP

Crowell & Moring is an international law firm with operations in the United States, Europe, MENA, and Asia. Drawing on significant government, business, industry, and legal experience, the firm helps clients capitalize on opportunities and provides creative solutions to complex regulatory and policy, litigation, transactional, and intellectual property issues. The firm is consistently recognized for its commitment to pro bono service, as well as its comprehensive programs and initiatives to advance the professional and personal development of all members of the Crowell community.

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