Super Lawyers Recognizes 14 Sterne Kessler Attorneys as 2023 “Super Lawyers” and “Rising Stars”

Washington, D.C. (April 24, 2023) – Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox is pleased to announce that Super Lawyers has recognized 11 of the firm’s attorneys as “Super Lawyers” and three as “Rising Stars” In the “Intellectual Property Litigation” and “Intellectual Property” categories. Annually, the rating service uses its patented multiphase process to select “Super Lawyers” and “Rising Stars” in more than 70 practice areas across the United States who have earned a high-level of peer recognition and professional accomplishment.

Sterne Kessler’s 2023 “Super Lawyers” include:

• Tracy-Gene G. Durkin, Intellectual Property
• Eldora L. Ellison, Ph.D., Intellectual Property
• Jorge A. Goldstein, Ph.D., Intellectual Property
• Michael Joffre, Ph.D., Intellectual Property Litigation
• Byron L. Pickard, Intellectual Property Litigation
• John Christopher “J.C.” Rozendaal, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Robert Greene Sterne, Intellectual Property
• Monica Riva Talley, Intellectual Property
• Dennies Varughese, Pharm.D., Intellectual Property Litigation
• Jon E. Wright, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Daniel E. Yonan, Intellectual Property

Sterne Kessler’s 2023 “Rising Stars” include:

• John D. Higgins, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Robert E. Niemeier, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Matthew Smith, Ph.D., Intellectual Property

About Super Lawyers

Super Lawyers selects attorneys using peer nominations and evaluations combined with third party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process for the “Rising Stars” list is the same as the “Super Lawyers” selection process, however, “Rising Stars” must be either 40 years of age or younger, or in practice for 10 years or less. The complete list of Washington, DC Super Lawyers is available on the Super Lawyers website.

About Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox

Based in Washington, D.C. and renowned for more than four decades for dedication to the protection, transfer, 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, students, and technical specialists include some of the country’s most respected practitioners of IP law tackling innovations across a broad spectrum of industries. The firm’s practitioners hold over 50 masters and over 60 doctorate degrees in science or engineering and 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.