Twenty Sterne Kessler Attorneys Recognized as 2025 “Super Lawyers” and “Rising Stars”

Washington, D.C. (June 2, 2025) – Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox is pleased to announce that Super Lawyers recognized 20 of the firm’s attorneys as “Super Lawyers” or “Rising Stars” in the Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Litigation categories for Washington, D.C. in the 2025 annual rankings.

Sterne Kessler’s 2025 “Super Lawyers” include:

• Kristina Caggiano Kelly, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Richard D. Coller III, Intellectual Property
• Tracy-Gene G. Durkin, Intellectual Property
• Eldora L. Ellison, Ph.D., Intellectual Property
• Jorge A. Goldstein, Ph.D., Intellectual Property
• Michael E. Joffre, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Byron L. Pickard, Intellectual Property Litigation
• John Christopher “J.C.” Rozendaal, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Deborah Sterling, Ph.D., Intellectual Property
• 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 2025 “Rising Stars” include:

• Alexander Alfano, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Matthew P. Metzger, Intellectual Property
• Robert E. Niemeier, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Steven M. Pappas, Intellectual Property
• Matthew A. Smith, Intellectual Property
• Lauren Watt, Intellectual Property

“Super Lawyers” and “Rising Stars” are selected from more than 70 practice areas at firms of all sizes across the United States. Attorneys are identified through peer nominations and evaluations in addition to third-party research. The selection process for each is identical, though “Rising Stars” candidates must be either 40 years of age or younger, or in practice for 10 years or less.

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.