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Kilpatrick Townsend Earns Top Recognitions in 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®

22 Kilpatrick Townsend Attorneys Named “Lawyer of the Year” 
in their Respective Practice Areas

ATLANTA (August 18) – Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today that a total of 228 Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys have recently been honored by their peers in the 2023 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America. To view the 56 Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys recognized as Ones to Watch, please visit the separate press release located here. 

Highlights from the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America include: 

• Kilpatrick Townsend as the “Top-Listed” firm in the United States for the total number of attorneys listed for Trademark Law. This is the tenth-consecutive year the firm has earned this prestigious recognition.

• In addition to being the “Top-Listed” firm in the United States for Trademark Law, Kilpatrick Townsend was also “Top Listed” nationally for Information Technology Law, IT Outsourcing Law, and Privacy and Data Security Law.

• Kilpatrick Townsend was the “Top-Listed” firm in Georgia for 13 practice areas, including: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Compliance Law, Information Technology Law, IT Outsourcing Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent, Patent Law, Privacy and Data Security Law, Securities Regulation, Technology Law, Trademark Law, and Venture Capital Law. Kilpatrick Townsend was also “Top-Listed” in North Carolina for Patent Law.

• Kilpatrick Townsend was the “Top-Listed” firm in 18 practice areas between the Atlanta and Winston-Salem Metropolitan Regions. 

• Kilpatrick Townsend had 22 attorneys named “Lawyer of the Year” for their respective practice areas and offices. These individuals received the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region in the 2023 edition. Only one lawyer is recognized as the "Lawyer of the Year" for each specialty and location.

 

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