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Insights: News Releases Twenty-Four Kilpatrick Townsend Attorneys Named 2017 Northern California Super Lawyers & Rising Stars August 9, 2017 SAN FRANCISCO (August 9) -- Kilpatrick Townsend announced today that 24 of the firm’s attorneys were selected as 2017 Northern California Super Lawyers and 2017 Northern California Rising Stars. The distinction honors attorneys who attain a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement as some of the region’s pre-eminent lawyers. Super Lawyers is a rating service of lawyers from more than 70 practice areas. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations, all of which result in a comprehensive and diverse listing of the top five percent of attorneys in each state. The following names are the 2017 Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys recognized by Northern California Super Lawyers: Business/Corporate Frances Mosley (Rising Star) Business Litigation Maureen A. Sheehy Employment & Labor Susan Pangborn James Smith Civil Litigation Gregory Gilchrist Intellectual Property Ryan T. Bricker (Rising Star) James A. Isbester Mark P. Mathison (Rising Star) Babak S. Sani William L. Shaffer Mehul M. Shah (Rising Star) Joseph R. Snyder Michael Y. Tse (Rising Star) Intellectual Property Litigation Mehrnaz Boroumand Smith Theodore G. Brown, III Byron R. Chin (Rising Star) Holly Gaudreau Jordan T. Jones Scott E. Kolassa Matthew J. Meyer (Rising Star) Steven D. Moore William E. Mosley (Rising Star) Darius C. Samerotte (Rising Star) Susan M. Spaeth Follow the firm on Twitter: @KTS_Law. ### Related People Mehrnaz Boroumand Smith Menlo Park, CA t 650.752.2437 mboroumand@ktslaw.com Theodore G. Brown, III Menlo Park, CA t 650.324.6353 tbrown@ktslaw.com Byron R. Chin Walnut Creek, CA t 415.273.7597 bchin@ktslaw.com A. James Isbester San Francisco, CA t 415.273.4335 jisbester@ktslaw.com Matthew J. Meyer Menlo Park, CA t 650.614.6414 mmeyer@ktslaw.com Susan W. Pangborn Atlanta, GA t 404.815.6305 spangborn@ktslaw.com Darius C. Samerotte San Francisco, CA t 415.273.4365 dsamerotte@ktslaw.com William L. Shaffer San Diego, CA t 858.350.6104 wshaffer@ktslaw.com James Smith San Francisco, CA t 415.273.4317 james.smith@ktslaw.com Joseph R. Snyder, Ph.D. Walnut Creek, CA t 925.472.5002 jsnyder@ktslaw.com Susan M. Spaeth Menlo Park, CA t 650.324.6335 sspaeth@ktslaw.com

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Twenty-Four Kilpatrick Townsend Attorneys Named 2017 Northern California Super Lawyers & Rising Stars

August 9, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO (August 9) -- Kilpatrick Townsend announced today that 24 of the firm’s attorneys were selected as 2017 Northern California Super Lawyers and 2017 Northern California Rising Stars.

The distinction honors attorneys who attain a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement as some of the region’s pre-eminent lawyers. Super Lawyers is a rating service of lawyers from more than 70 practice areas. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations, all of which result in a comprehensive and diverse listing of the top five percent of attorneys in each state.

The following names are the 2017 Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys recognized by Northern California Super Lawyers:

Business/Corporate
Frances Mosley (Rising Star)

Business Litigation
Maureen A. Sheehy

Employment & Labor
Susan Pangborn
James Smith

Civil Litigation
Gregory Gilchrist

Intellectual Property
Ryan T. Bricker (Rising Star)
James A. Isbester
Mark P. Mathison (Rising Star)
Babak S. Sani
William L. Shaffer
Mehul M. Shah (Rising Star)
Joseph R. Snyder
Michael Y. Tse (Rising Star)

Intellectual Property Litigation
Mehrnaz Boroumand Smith
Theodore G. Brown, III
Byron R. Chin (Rising Star)
Holly Gaudreau
Jordan T. Jones
Scott E. Kolassa
Matthew J. Meyer (Rising Star)
Steven D. Moore
William E. Mosley (Rising Star)
Darius C. Samerotte (Rising Star)
Susan M. Spaeth

Follow the firm on Twitter: @KTS_Law.

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