Sterne Kessler Ranked Most Active Law Firm Overall in Patexia’s ANDA Litigation 2025 Intelligence Report

Washington, D.C. (September 11, 2025) – Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox has earned top rankings, including most active law firm overall in Patexia’s ANDA Litigation 2025 Intelligence Report—a comprehensive report on the best performing and most active Hatch-Waxman attorneys and law firms.

The report covers all ANDA litigation filed in U.S. district courts between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2025. In total, 200 law firms were involved in representing plaintiffs and defendants across 1,373 ANDA cases, excluding firms that solely served as local counsel. Its methodology measured activity levels, evaluated success rates, and generated performance scores to determine the rankings.

According to the research, Sterne Kessler achieved the following results:

• Most Active Law Firm Overall (Ranked #1)
• Most Active Law Firm, Plaintiffs (Ranked #2)
• Most Active Law Firm, Defendants (Top 10)
• Best Performing Law Firm, Plaintiffs (Top 10)
• Best Performing Law Firm Overall (Top 50)
• Best Performing Law Firm, Defendants (Top 100)

In addition, the report recognized several Sterne Kessler attorneys in the top 10 for ANDA litigation activity and performance:

• Director Dennies Varughese, Pharm.D. is ranked the most active attorney overall and the most active attorney for plaintiffs. He is also ranked in the top 10 for plaintiff performance.
• Director Adam LaRock is ranked in the top 10 for overall performance, plaintiff activity, and plaintiff performance.
• Associate Alexander Alfano is ranked in the top 10 for overall activity and plaintiff activity.

Patexia was founded in 2010 and is the largest online IP community, offering services in the areas of lateral opportunity and recruiting, analytics and insights, expert services, and patent due diligence. Learn more about Patexia’s 2025 ANDA Litigation Intelligence Report and Sterne Kessler’s ANDA litigation practice.

About Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox

Based in Washington, D.C. and renowned for more than four decades for dedication to the protection, enhancement, and enforcement of intellectual property rights, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox is one of the most highly regarded intellectual property specialty law firms in the world. Its team of attorneys, registered patent agents, technical specialists, specialized trademark paralegals, and law clerks include some of the country’s most respected practitioners of IP law, tackling innovations across a broad spectrum of industries. The firm’s practitioners represent Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurs, start-ups, inventors, venture capital firms, and universities in a client service driven environment that is welcoming, inclusive, and intellectually stimulating. Visit the firm online at sternekessler.com.