ATLANTA (April 15) – Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton is pleased to welcome 17 new associates to the firm. 

• Richard Awopetu joins the Atlanta office with a focus on business and finance, securities, and mergers and acquisitions.
• Adam Baumgartner joins the Intellectual Property department in the San Francisco office. He focuses his practice on patent prosecution and counseling primarily in the areas of electronics and software.
• Alex Borovsky in Atlanta focuses his practice on business and finance, securities, and mergers and acquisitions.
• Thomas Cain joins the Winston-Salem office. He focuses his practice on investment management, private equity, business and finance, securities, and mergers and acquisitions.
• Courtney Covert is an intellectual property attorney in Atlanta. She focuses her practice on copyright and trademark law.
• Shreya Desai joins the Atlanta office with a focus on copyright and trademark law.
• Jacob Guttenberg in Atlanta focuses his practice on patent prosecution and counseling primarily in the areas of electronics and software.
• Jeffrey Lassen is a registered patent attorney in the Denver office who focuses his practice on patent prosecution and counseling primarily in the areas of electronics and software.
• Christopher Leah is a registered patent attorney in the Atlanta office who focuses his practice on patent litigation matters.
• Chandler Martin is an intellectual property attorney in the Atlanta office. She focuses her practice on copyright and trademark law.
• Neema Mohammadizad joins the San Francisco office with a focus on copyright and trademark law
• Paymaneh Parhami focuses her practice on copyright and trademark law. She joins the San Francisco office. 
• Jacob Plovanic is a registered patent attorney in the Seattle office who focuses his practice on patent prosecution and counseling primarily in the areas of electronics and software.
• Rolando Rengifo in Atlanta focuses his practice on patent prosecution and counseling in the fields of chemistry and life sciences.
• Jake Risener joins the Atlanta office with a focus on bankruptcy and insolvency matters.
• Jenine Rossington in the Atlanta office focuses her practice on copyright and trademark law.
• Michael Thomas focuses his practice on patent counseling and prosecution primarily in the medical and mechanical device fields. He joins the San Francisco office. 

###