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Led by printer and journalist Alfred T. Dewey, San Francisco-based Dewey & Company promoted itself as patent solicitors and publisher of The Mining and Scientific Press, an early predecessor of today's firm
Columbia University, digitized by Google
Assisted tailor Jacob W. Davis and his fabric supplier, Levi Strauss & Company of San Francisco, in the successful award of Patent 139,121 recognizing that the use of metal rivets to secure pockets was a new invention
Firm's first Atlanta office was located at the Kimball House, a hotel that occupied a full block in the commercial center, was close to the courthouse, and was in one of the nation's burgeoning railway hubs
Curt Teich & Co
In an effort to raise professional standards and combat “railroad attorneys and surgeons,” firm was instrumental in the establishment of the Atlanta Bar Association
Library of Congress
Harold Hirsch became a named partner of the firm; went on to revolutionize corporate and trademark law with his work for The Coca-Cola Company and helped instill firm's core values of camaraderie, exceptional legal work, and community service retained today
P. Philips
H. Gardner Hudson launched firm in booming Winston-Salem and expanded to include Hubert Ratcliff and Luther Ferrell; with strong civic spirit, they led and founded roles in organizations throughout the community, a value still alive in the firm today
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Office Building, Winston-Salem, N.C. in Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (P077), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Won a patent litigation suit worth millions for radio-pioneer, The Magnavox Co., protecting them against infringement on their amplifying receiver patent and two electrodynamic receiver patents
Firm was instrumental in helping the H.W. Lay Company incorporate, handled the merger with the Frito Company in 1961, and advised on the 1965 merger with Pepsi-Cola
Partner Louis Regenstein represented Ebenezer Baptist Church and Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. pro bono when the Georgia Department of Revenue threatened to audit both
Trikosko, Marion S, photographer. Martin Luther King press conference / MST. , 1964. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2003688129/.
Prepared patent applications for the Cohen-Boyer recombinant DNA technology, which led to medical advancements including customized insulin and antibiotics, and wrote one of the first patent applications related to gene-splicing technology
Attorneys and professional staff were instrumental in reaching a favorable settlement for Jane Smith, widow of Challenger pilot Michael Smith, against Morton-Thiokol
Represented nearly 500,000 Native Americans in the 14-year-long Cobell v. Salazar matter, eventually securing a $3.4 billion settlement, the largest ever agreed to by the U.S. government
Leaving a mark in Massachusetts, firm was construction counsel on the federally ordered clean-up of Boston Harbor, the renovation of Logan Airport, and the $24 billion Big Dig
As firm continued to grow, adopted a novel leadership arrangement, appointing Bill Dorris and Diane Prucino (the first woman to lead a major firm in the Southeast) as Co-Managing Partners
Won the largest-ever jury trademark infringement award of $305 million, protecting adidas's popular three-stripe athletic shoe against a copycat who offered a nearly identical shoe with four stripes
Kilpatrick Stockton and Townsend and Townsend and Crew merged to form Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Firm was chosen to lead the antifraud, ethics, and compliance portion of the Volkswagen AG Monitorship, one of the largest corporate monitorships in history, which stemmed from the company's emissions-cheating scandal
Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys successfully argued only patent case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 2019–2020 term, which resulted in the Court handing down a 7-2 decision in favor of long-time client, Thryv, Inc.
Kilpatrick Townsend unveils a new brand identity and shortens the firm name to Kilpatrick
Kilpatrick is a firm of leaders. From creating a best-in-class client experience to staying on the cutting edge of law and technology, we always strive to be at the forefront. While we are proud of our 165 years of success as a premier law firm, we are steadfastly focused on the future.
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