Comparative Guide
Patent Litigation
United States
Contribution fromSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP10 November 2025
Patents: litigation (full coverage)
Rankings
- 1
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 1
Latham & Watkins
Sector knowledgeNPS ® - 1
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
- 1
WilmerHale
Tier 1
- 2
Cooley LLP
- 2
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiency - 2
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
- 2
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 2
Goodwin
Lawyer & team quality - 2
Jones Day
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 2
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- 2
Morrison Foerster
- 2
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
- 2
Paul Hastings LLP
- 2
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
- 2
Williams & Connolly LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiency - 2
Winston Taylor
Tier 2
- 3
Arnold & Porter
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 3
Baker Botts L.L.P.
- 3
Greenberg Traurig
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiency - 3
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Lawyer & team quality - 3
McDermott Will & Schulte
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 3
Venable LLP
Sector knowledgeNPS ® - 3
Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone
- 3
Irell & Manella LLP
- 3
McKool Smith
Tier 3
- 4
ArentFox Schiff
- 4
Duane Morris LLP
- 4
Katten
- 4
King & Spalding
- 4
Mayer Brown
- 4
Norton Rose Fulbright
- 4
Sheppard
- 4
Sidley Austin LLP
- 4
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
- 4
Fenwick & West LLP
- 4
Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
- 4
O'Melveny
- 4
Reed Smith LLP
Tier 4
- 5
Akin
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledgeNPS ® - 5
BakerHostetler
- 5
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledge - 5
Dechert
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 5
Dickinson Wright PLLC
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiency - 5
Holland & Knight
Billing & efficiencySector knowledge - 5
K&L Gates
- 5
Kasowitz LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiency - 5
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Sector knowledge - 5
MoloLamken LLP
- 5
Nixon Peabody LLP
- 5
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 5
Ropes & Gray LLP
Lawyer & team quality - 5
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
- 5
Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik LLP
- 5
Susman Godfrey LLP