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Record-Breaking Recognition for Kilpatrick Townsend in <em>The Best Lawyers in America</em><sup><em>&copy;</em> </sup>2021

ATLANTA (August 20) – Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP announced today that a record-breaking 162 Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys have recently been honored by their peers in The Best Lawyers in America 2021. To see the 26 Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys recognized in the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, click here.

Highlights from The Best Lawyers in America 2021 include: 

  • Kilpatrick Townsend as the Top-Listed firm in the nation for the total number of attorneys listed for Trademark Law. This is the eighth-consecutive year the firm has earned this prestigious recognition. 
  • Kilpatrick Townsend as the Top-Listed firm in Georgia for the total number of attorneys listed for Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Patent Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law; Technology Law; and Trademark Law.
  • Kilpatrick Townsend as the Top-Listed firm in Winston-Salem for the total number of attorneys listed for Litigation – Intellectual Property.
  • Kilpatrick Townsend had 11 attorneys named “Lawyer of the Year” for their respective practice areas and offices. Attorneys who received this designation are listed below, along with the city and area for which they were honored. 

Attorneys were selected for inclusion in this edition of Best Lawyers® based on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey that has been developed and refined for over 36 years. 

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Louis Barbieri, III

Atlanta, GA

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W. Benjamin Barkley

Atlanta, GA

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Colin M. Bernardino

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Thomas J. Biafore

Atlanta, GA

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W. Stanley Blackburn

Atlanta, GA

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James F. Bogan III

Atlanta, GA

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Brent W. Brougher

Atlanta, GA

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Joel D. Bush

Atlanta, GA

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Christopher P. Bussert

Atlanta, GA

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Susan A. Cahoon

Atlanta, GA

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Joel Cartee

Atlanta, GA

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Thomas H. Christopher

Atlanta, GA

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Richard Cicchillo, Jr.

Atlanta, GA

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Gregory K. Cinnamon

Atlanta, GA

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Thomas M. Clyde

Atlanta, GA

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Michael J. Cochran

Atlanta, GA

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Brian G. Corgan

Atlanta, GA

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Theodore H. Davis Jr.

Atlanta, GA

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William E. Dorris

Atlanta, GA

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Kristin J. Doyle

Atlanta, GA

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David M. Eaton

San Francisco, CA

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Lynn E. Fowler

Atlanta, GA

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Joshua S. Ganz

Atlanta, GA

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C. Allen Garrett Jr.

Atlanta, GA

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Atlanta, GA

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D. Clay Holloway

Atlanta, GA

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Brenda O. Holmes

Atlanta, GA

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Stephen E. Hudson

Atlanta, GA

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Christine P. James

Atlanta, GA

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John Jett

Atlanta, GA

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Alicia Grahn Jones

Atlanta, GA

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Wab Kadaba

Atlanta, GA

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M. Andrew Kauss

Atlanta, GA

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Russell A. Korn

Atlanta, GA

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Tywanda Harris Lord

Atlanta, GA

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Alfred S. Lurey

Atlanta, GA

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R. Lee Mann III

Atlanta, GA

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Tina Williams McKeon, Ph.D.

Atlanta, GA

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George L. Murphy, Jr.

Atlanta, GA

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Jon Neiditz

Atlanta, GA

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Susan W. Pangborn

Atlanta, GA

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William R. Poplin, Jr.

Atlanta, GA

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Judith A. Powell

Atlanta, GA

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Diane L. Prucino

Atlanta, GA

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Michael W. Rafter

Atlanta, GA

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Keith L. Richardson

Atlanta, GA

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Atlanta, GA

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Dean W. Russell

Atlanta, GA

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Jennifer Stobie Schumacher

Atlanta, GA

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Gary R. Sheehan, Jr.

Atlanta, GA

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Burleigh L. Singleton

Atlanta, GA

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John F. Sandy Smith

Atlanta, GA

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Caroline W. Spangenberg

Atlanta, GA

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David A. Stockton

Atlanta, GA

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Mitchell G. Stockwell

Atlanta, GA

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Daniel B. Swaja

Atlanta, GA

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Virginia S. Taylor

Atlanta, GA

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James A. Trigg

New York, NY

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Rex R. Veal

Atlanta, GA

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William J. Vesely, Jr.

Atlanta, GA

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Kathryn H. Wade, Ph.D.

Atlanta, GA

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J. Henry Walker IV

Atlanta, GA

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Joseph H. Huff

Atlanta, GA

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Mark H. Reeves

Atlanta, GA

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R. Perry Sentell, III

Atlanta, GA

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C. Todd Burbank

Charlotte, NC

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Lois Wagman Colbert

Washington, DC

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Tiffani D. Otey

Winston-Salem, NC

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Cole B. Ramey

Dallas, TX

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Dallas, TX

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W. Alan Wright

Dallas, TX

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Eugene J. Bernard, Ph.D.

Denver, CO

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Darin J. Gibby

Denver, CO

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David E. Sipiora

Denver, CO

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Patrick E. Gaas

Houston, TX

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Daniel F. Shank

Houston, TX

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William L. Shaffer

San Diego, CA

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Susan M. Spaeth

Menlo Park, CA

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Lisa Pearson

New York, NY

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Joseph Petersen

Menlo Park, CA

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David R. Fricke

Raleigh, NC

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Steven J. Levitas

Raleigh, NC

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John C. Livingston

Raleigh, NC

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Alan H. McConnell

Raleigh, NC

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B. Ford Robertson

Raleigh, NC

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Carl E. Sanders

Raleigh, NC

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Martha L. Sewell

Raleigh, NC

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Clay C. Wheeler

Raleigh, NC

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San Diego, CA

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San Francisco, CA

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A. James Isbester

San Francisco, CA

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San Francisco, CA

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Kenneth A. Weber, Ph.D.

San Francisco, CA

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John R. Neeleman

Seattle, WA

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Seattle, WA

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Roger D. Wylie

Seattle, WA

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Washington, DC

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J. David Mayberry

New York, NY

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Washington, DC

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Washington, DC

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John C. Alemanni

Raleigh, NC

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Stephen R. Berlin

Winston-Salem, NC

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Susan H. Boyles

Winston-Salem, NC

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Mark D. Boynton

Winston-Salem, NC

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William M. Bryner

Winston-Salem, NC

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Charles W. Calkins

Winston-Salem, NC

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Adam H. Charnes

Dallas, TX

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Matias Ferrario

Winston-Salem, NC

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Steven Gardner

Winston-Salem, NC

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Chad D. Hansen

Winston-Salem, NC

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G. William Joyner III

Winston-Salem, NC

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Winston-Salem, NC

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Winston-Salem, NC

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Laura C. Miller

Winston-Salem, NC

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Michael A. Myers

Winston-Salem, NC

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Cynthia B. Rothschild, Ph.D.

Winston-Salem, NC

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Jeffrey T. Skinner

Winston-Salem, NC

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Winston-Salem, NC

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Darin L. Brown

Denver, CO

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