McKool Smith has been ranked as one of the nation’s leading intellectual Property (IP) litigation firms in Managing Intellectual Property’s 2016 edition of “IP Stars.” The publication notes that the firm “continues to handle a significant number of high-stakes patent litigation matters regarding some of the most talked-about emerging technologies of the last several years,” while clients credit the firm’s attorneys for being “very experienced, they know our business and people very well, they are attentive and responsive, and they know how to try and win cases.” The firm is “High Recommended” for patent litigation in both California and Texas, and the firm’s principals have been recognized as “IP Stars,” including:
- Sam Baxter, Dallas
- Douglas A. Cawley, Dallas
- William LaFuze, Houston
- Mike McKool, Dallas
- Steven Pollinger, Austin
"IP Stars" provides both a national and state-by-state analysis of leading law firms and attorneys who excel in intellectual property matters. The research is based on hundreds of interviews and thousands of surveys of partners at U.S. law firms. Managing IP magazine is a Euromoney Legal Media Group publication.