Counsel registry

Representatives

Law firms representing parties in tracked US patent litigation. Counts come from per-case “Plaintiff representatives” and “Defendant representatives” sections. A firm with multiple attorneys on one case counts as a single appearance per side. Click any column header to sort; defaults to total cases, descending.

1447 firms · 10650 total appearances across 3619 cases with counsel data.

FirmPlaintiffDefendantTotalTop courtsTop roles
Shaw Keller91120Delaware District Court(14)Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)(4)U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware (Judge Richard G. Andrews)(1)local counsel · Local Counsel · lead local counsel
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff51419Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)(9)Texas Eastern District Court(3)U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit(1)lead counsel · Counsel · counsel
Bayard15419United States District Court for the District of Delaware(12)USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board(3)District of Delaware; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court(2)local counsel · Local Counsel · counsel
Fabricant Rubino Lambrianakos14519U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas(11)Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)(4)U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division(1)Counsel · lead counsel · Lead Counsel
Dechert91019Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)(9)New Jersey District Court(5)Delaware District Court(1)lead counsel · of counsel · Counsel
Crowell & Moring10919USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board(6)U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit(2)Delaware District Court(1)backup counsel · lead counsel · counsel
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld81119Texas Eastern District Court(4)Texas Western District Court(4)U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware(4)lead counsel · Counsel · Lead Counsel
Kent & Risley18119U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas(8)E.D. Tex.(3)C.D. Cal.(1)lead counsel · local counsel · Lead Counsel
Lowenstein & Weatherwax41418Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)(13)U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit(1)U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Detroit); originally E.D. Tex.(1)back-up counsel · Counsel · lead counsel
Haltom & Doan41418Texas Eastern District Court(10)Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)(1)Texas(1)Local Counsel · local counsel · Counsel
Vinson & Elkins31518U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas(6)U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas(4)Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)(3)lead counsel · Attorney · of counsel
Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins71118U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware(14)Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)(3)U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit(1)local counsel · Local Counsel
Nelson Bumgardner Albritton16117Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO)(3)U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas(3)U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Waco Division(2)lead counsel · attorney of record · counsel
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US)51217Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)(12)U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit(2)Delaware District Court(1)Lead Counsel · Backup Counsel · Counsel
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders71017U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas(7)PTAB(3)District of New Jersey(1)Counsel · local counsel · Lead Counsel
Jenner & Block11617Delaware District Court(2)Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)(2)S.D.N.Y.(2)lead counsel · counsel · of counsel
Shook, Hardy & Bacon71017California Central District Court(4)Texas Western District Court(3)USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)(3)counsel · lead counsel · Lead Counsel
Bragalone Olejko Saad15217Texas Eastern District Court(14)U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware(1)counsel · lead counsel · Lead Counsel
White & Case7916Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)(5)U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit(2)U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas(2)lead counsel · counsel · Associate
Sullivan & Cromwell10616Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)(4)U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit(4)Virginia Eastern District Court(2)appellate counsel · counsel of record · lead counsel