Insights

Washington – June 5, 2025: Crowell & Moring earned 80 rankings for 71 lawyers, as well as 43 national and statewide practice area rankings, in the Chambers USA 2025 guide. The rankings are driven by independent interviews of clients and lawyers at peer firms.

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.

Chicago – April 23, 2024: Laura Lydigsen, co-chair of Crowell & Moring’s Intellectual Property Department, and Jason Stiehl, managing partner of the firm’s Chicago office, have been named to Crain’s Chicago Business’ 2025 list of Notable Litigators & Trial Attorneys. The list features 92 attorneys shaping Chicago's legal landscape from high-stakes litigation to precedent-setting appellate rulings.

Washington – February 18, 2025: Chambers and Partners has ranked 12 Crowell & Moring practice groups and 17 individual lawyers in the Chambers Global 2025 guide.

Chicago – February 3, 2025: World Trademark Review again recognized Crowell & Moring as a top trademark firm in its 2025 guide. Crowell received the highest ranking—gold—in the Belgium national ranking, and in Illinois for enforcement and litigation, and prosecution and strategy. The firm also achieved “Recommended” status in the International category and silver in the U.S. National category, and earned recognition as a top firm in California.

John Koenigsknecht, co-chair of Crowell & Moring’s Corporate Group, and Andrew Avsec, managing partner of the firm’s Chicago office, have been named to Crain’s Chicago Business’ 2024 list of Notable Leaders in Accounting, Consulting, & Law. The list features 88 members and leaders in their firms and industries who touch “practically every aspect of business in Chicago.”

Managing Intellectual Property has recognized four Crowell & Moring attorneys and practices in its 2024 IP Stars guide. The guide, which is in its sixth edition, “brings together the world’s foremost law firm and corporate trademark experts, allowing the wider community to benefit from their insight, experience and perspectives.”

World Trademark Review has recognized four Crowell & Moring attorneys in its WTR Global Leaders 2024 guide. The guide, which is in its sixth edition, “brings together the world’s foremost law firm and corporate trademark experts, allowing the wider community to benefit from their insight, experience and perspectives.”

Judy He, a Chicago-based counsel in Crowell & Moring’s Patents Group, has been named to the American Bar Association’s 2024 “On the Rise” list. The awards honor young ABA members “who exemplify a broad range of high achievement, innovation, vision, leadership, and legal and community service.”

Crowell & Moring announced today that partner Elaine Taussig is joining the firm’s Corporate group and partner Tom Williams is joining the firm’s Corporate and IP groups in Chicago from Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg. 

Crowell & Moring announces that John Koenigsknecht and David Stone, two highly respected partners with sophisticated corporate and commercial experience, including in M&A, capital markets, securities, and governance matters, are joining the firm’s Chicago office. The partners have a long history of serving as trusted advisors and outside general counsel to public and private companies and advising management and boards of directors on governance, compliance, executive compensation, and other matters.