McKool Smith’s office in Washington, D.C., is centrally located in the nation’s capital and staffed by veteran attorneys with extensive experience in commercial and intellectual property litigation. Courts in the D.C. area are steadily increasing in importance among companies seeking to protect their intellectual property, and McKool Smith provides the legal know-how and resources necessary to succeed in the many nearby state and federal courts.

The firm’s expansion into D.C. parallels McKool Smith’s rapidly growing caseload before the International Trade Commission, the agency responsible for protecting U.S. industries against illegal imports and unfair competition. The ITC reports that the agency currently is handling three times as many cases as in 2000. Most of the complaints investigated by the ITC involve intellectual property rights, including patent infringement and trademark infringement by imported goods – areas where McKool Smith attorneys represent clients every day.

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