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Kilpatrick Attorneys Earn a Record 100 Recognitions in 2025 Chambers USA

18 Firm Attorneys Newly Ranked

ATLANTA (June 6) – Kilpatrick earned a record number of recognitions in the Chambers USA 2025 Guide. In total, the firm’s practices achieved rankings across 41 Nationwide and State categories and Kilpatrick attorneys earned 100 recognitions in their respective practice areas. Kilpatrick also added 18 new attorneys and two new practice areas to its recognitions, spread across nearly every office, highlighting the depth and breadth of the firm’s legal expertise and next generation of talent.

Kilpatrick clients provided exceptional feedback to the researchers on the firm's practice areas and attorneys, including:

  • "Any firm the size of Kilpatrick has subject matter experts, but the humanity of Kilpatrick's people makes them unique: emotional intelligence makes for the best combination for success."

  • "We think of Kilpatrick as an extension of our team. They listen closely to understand the needs of our business and have deep expertise in law and strategy."

  • "Kilpatrick is a true business partner and a critical part of our business and legal team. The team has the right experience to handle complex matters and is very responsive."

  • "The key distinguishing traits of the team is their ability to coach their clients through the interpersonal and emotional issues that come up during transactions."

  • "Kilpatrick has the most skilled, trained, creative lawyers in the IP space."

  • "The firm is distinguished by its willingness to act as a true counsel, leveraging its lawyers' vast experience to provide both factual advice but also guidance as a partner in decisions."

  • "The lawyers that we use are industry leaders in their respective fields and the firm has consistently met and exceeded our expectations."

  • "They know the law and they really get to know the client's business and the employees and executives they work with."

  • "We liked the way they really took time to understand our case and everything involved with running our business. By the time we went to court I feel as if they knew my business better than I did."

In 2025, Kilpatrick attorneys earned 16 Band 1, Star Individual, or Eminent Practitioner rankings in their respective practice areas:

  • Bill Dorris: Construction
  • Brian Corgan: Construction (Star Individual)
  • Charles Calkins: Intellectual Property
  • Charlie Henn: Intellectual Property
  • Darin Gibby: Intellectual Property
  • Henry Walker: Litigation: General Commercial (Eminent Practitioner)
  • Jennifer Arkowitz: IP: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets: Transactional
  • John Pierce: Energy & Natural Resources
  • Josh Ganz: Technology & Outsourcing
  • Lee Mann: Construction
  • Lois Colbert: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  • Martha Sewell: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  • Sonia Baldia: Technology & Outsourcing
  • Sterling Perkinson: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  • Steven Gardner: Intellectual Property
  • Wab Kadaba: Intellectual Property (Eminent Practitioner)

 

Six Kilpatrick practice areas are ranked Band 1:

  • Construction (Georgia)
  • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (North Carolina)
  • Intellectual Property (Colorado)
  • Intellectual Property (Georgia)
  • Intellectual Property (North Carolina)
  • Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets (USA-Nationwide)

 

Nine Kilpatrick practice areas are ranked nationally:

  • Construction
  • Energy Transition
  • Environment
  • Government Contracts: Highly Regarded
  • Intellectual Property
  • Intellectual Property: Trademark & Copyright
  • Native American Law
  • Outsourcing
  • Retail
 

The following Kilpatrick practice areas earned State/District of Columbia rankings:

 
California
  • Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation
  • Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
  • Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
  • Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation
 
Colorado
  • Intellectual Property
 
District of Columbia
  • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  • Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
 
Georgia
  • Banking & Finance
  • Bankruptcy/Restructuring
  • Construction
  • Corporate/M&A
  • Environment
  • Intellectual Property
  • Labor & Employment
  • Litigation: General Commercial
  • Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
  • Tax
  • Technology & Outsourcing
 
Illinois
  • Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
 
New York
  • Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
 
North Carolina
  • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  • Energy & Natural Resources
  • Environment
  • Intellectual Property
  • Litigation: General Commercial
  • Real Estate
 
North Carolina: Raleigh, Greensboro & Surrounds
  • Corporate/M&A
 
Texas
  • Construction
 
Washington
  • Energy & Natural Resources
  • Intellectual Property
 

 

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