Sterne Kessler Recognized in the 2025 WIPR USA Trademarks Rankings

Washington, D.C. (December 10, 2025) – Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox and Director and Head of the Trademark and Brand Protection Practice Monica Riva Talley have been named in the 2025 World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR) USA Trademarks Rankings. Sterne Kessler earned “Recommended” status and Talley earned “Highly Recommended” status in the firm and individual “Non-Contentious” categories, respectively.

The editorial review recognized the firm’s “integrated approach across prosecution and litigation,” and noted that “clients receive comprehensive protection for some of the world’s most recognized brands.” The review acknowledged Directors Tracy-Gene Durkin and Ivy Estoesta and Counsel Lauriel Dalier from the Trademark & Brand Protection Practice team for their expertise and client results.

These rankings follow the firm’s recognition in the 2025 World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 and Talley’s 2025 rankings from WTR, Managing IP, and Lexology Client Choice, among other intellectual property publications.

The WIPR USA Trademarks Rankings “identify the foremost legal talent dedicated to brand protection across the U.S.” Results were determined based on market analysis, submission review, and attorney and client interviews. View the complete 2025 WIPR USA Trademarks Rankings here.

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.