Sterne Kessler Shortlisted in Several Categories for Managing IP’s Americas Awards 2025

Washington, D.C. (March 6, 2025) – Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox was named a finalist across multiple national and regional categories for the Managing IP Americas Awards 2025. Now in its 20^th year, this awards program recognizes remarkable intellectual property (IP) achievements and developments in the last year, covering several IP practice areas and more than 50 jurisdictions.

The firm was named a finalist in the following categories:

National

• Firm of the Year – Patent Prosecution
• Firm of the Year – Life Sciences IP Litigation
• Firm of the Year – PTAB
• IP Boutique Firm of the Year

Regional

• Firm of the Year – Patent Prosecution, Northeast

Additionally, Director Tracy-Gene Durkin is a finalist for Practitioner of the Year: Patent Prosecution in the national category and Director J.C. Rozendaal is a finalist for Litigator of the Year in the DC Metro region.

The Managing IP team’s research analysts obtain information from thousands of firms, IP practitioners, and their clients through interviews, email, and online surveys. They focused on work done or concluded in the previous year, particularly looking for case studies that were of great significance to clients and/or IP law and practice.

See the full Managing IP Americas Awards 2025 shortlist here. The winners will be announced on April 24 in New York City.

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.