Rankings and Honors

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Ranked nationally as a leading firm for Intellectual Property (2011)
"The firm you hope won't appear as opposing counsel! They have great trial lawyers with real courtroom experience."

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Ranked nationally as a leading firm for Intellectual Property - Patent Litigation
“A very professional and focused firm that has its clients’ commercial interests at heart” (2011)

Benchmark is the only publication on the market to focus exclusively on litigation in the US. The guide’s results are the culmination of a six-month research period that allows our researchers to conduct extensive interviews with litigators and their clients.

Ranked as a “Highly Recommended” litigation firm in Texas (2010)
“One of the best litigation boutiques in Dallas.”

Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. Best Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.

17 McKool Smith attorneys ranked as individual leaders in their field (2011).

Ranked as a leading White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations Firm in New York (2010)
"Smart, creative lawyers who get great results."

McKool Smith was selected as an “Intellectual Property Firm of the Year”. Law360 is the only news source that covers the entire spectrum of practice areas every single business day. The firm was selected due to four significant IP cases, including a $290 million judgment and injunction for i4i Inc. against Microsoft, a $267.5 million settlement for Visto Corp. against Blackberry maker Research in Motion, a $139 million verdict for Versata Software Inc. against enterprise software provider SAP, and a $19 million verdict for OPTi Inc. against Apple.

McKool Smith has been selected by The National Law Journal for the third year in a row for the “Midsize Hot List,” a compilation of the country’s leading law firms based on the firms’ implementation of “creative, innovative strategies.”

Managing IP is the leading global resource for IP news and analysis, and covers all aspects of IP law and practice, focusing on the business and practical issues of importance to IP owners.

Awarded 2011 “Patent Case of the Year,” honor for securing a $290 million jury verdict on behalf of client i4i Inc. in a patent infringement suit against Microsoft.

McKool Smith’s patent litigation practice has been recognized in Intellectual Asset Management's (IAM) 2011 Patent Litigation 250, a comprehensive listing of the “World's Leading Patent Litigators.”

Received national honors for both its patent litigation and patent litigation plaintiffs’ work, in addition to being ranked as a Tier 1 patent litigation firm in Texas.

9 attorneys ranked as individual leaders in their field (2011)

McKool Smith has been named the 2011 “Insolvency & Restructuring Firm of the Year” by Finance Monthly magazine for consistently delivering excellence in this practice area within the legal profession. The award recognizes firms that have dedicated their resources to innovation, built on their depth of expertise, and performed outstandingly over the past year.

Awarded 2011 top patent firm in the southern U.S.

U.S. News and World Report has ranked Hennigan Dorman LLP as a 2010 Best Law Firm in California for Intellectual Property Law. On a national level, Hennigan Dorman LLP is ranked for Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law.

Ranked nationally as a leading firm for Intellectual Property - Patent Litigation
“Rival firms consider it to be one of the toughest firms to be up against in litigation” (2011)

Ranked as a leading Commercial Litigation firm in Texas (2011)
"An extremely active trial firm with a talented collection of litigators who have had a lot of success, particularly in the IP litigation area."

Named top four patent litigation firm in the nation (2011)

The editors of MIP said the firm had “distinguished itself litigating patent infringement cases for companies like i4i and VirnetX Holdings. It has scored a number of wins against Microsoft, totaling nearly $400 million.”

According to the directory, McKool Smith has “become huge in the market and does an exceptional job representing its clients,” having achieved “outstanding verdicts” as a result of its “superb and well-documented trial expertise.”

Ranked as a leading Intellectual Property firm in Texas (2011)
"Great trial lawyers - absolutely tremendous!"