Recognition
05/15/2025
Nine Seyfarth Lawyers Recognized as 2025 WIPR Leaders
Nine Seyfarth lawyers were cited as World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR) Leaders for 2025, reflecting the “very best of the global IP legal profession.” Each honoree was recognized for their “proven track record, peer endorsements, and outstanding contributions to the field.”
The following are the prominent professionals in their respective fields:
- Jesse Coleman, Co-Chair of Seyfarth’s Health Care Industry Practice, for Contentious Trade Secrets
- Edward Maluf, Intellectual Property Partner, for Non-Contentious & Contentious Trademarks
- Dawn Mertineit, Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud and Non-Competes Partner, for Contentious Trade Secrets
- Lisa Meyerhoff, Intellectual Property Partner and additionally cited as Highly Recommended for USA Patents 2024, for Contentious Patents
- Brian Michaelis, Intellectual Property Partner, for Non-Contentious Patents
- Jay Myers, Director of Innovation for the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group, for Non-Contentious Trademarks
- Kate Perrelli, Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud and Non-Competes Partner, for Non-Contentious & Contentious Trade Secrets
- Michael Wexler, Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud and Non-Competes Partner, for Contentious Trade Secrets
- Ken Wilton, Intellectual Property Partner, for Contentious Trademarks
Seyfarth’s Intellectual Property Counseling & Prosecution practice represents a diverse roster of clients, from Fortune 500 and multinational corporations to fast-growing start-ups, and, with broad experience in all areas of intellectual property law, helps them identify and secure their IP rights, leverage them in the marketplace, and enforce or defend them wherever they do business.
Seyfarth’s Trademark & Copyright Prosecution group protects our clients’ distinct, recognizable identities for their products and services, enabling them to create and profit from unique market positions, while advising them on the complex rules governing these protections to support informed decisions about use, application, and defense of their valuable assets.