New York – Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm’s Intellectual Property practice was honored at the 16th annual Managing IP Awards, which showcase remarkable achievements and developments in IP during the past year, at a virtual awards ceremony held on April 7, 2021.

The firm was awarded as a “Firm of the Year” by Managing IP for Patent Contentious (Northeast). The firm was also recognized with nominations in three additional categories, including:

• U.S. National: Firm of the Year - Patent Contentious
• U.S. National: Naveen Modi, Practitioner of the Year - PTAB
• U.S. Regional: Robert Unikel, Practitioner of the Year (Litigation) - Illinois

Last year the firm was ranked nationally by Managing IP in the U.S. for Patent Contentious and was ranked Tier 1 in Life Sciences and Tier 1 for PTAB Litigation. In 2019, the firm won Managing IP’s Life Sciences IP Litigation Firm of the Year, and Naveen Modi was honored as Outstanding Litigator of the Year – PTAB.

Paul Hastings’ Intellectual Property practice advises clients on important, complex IP matters, providing innovative solutions for our clients’ challenges with a track record of success in high-stakes, bet-the-company patent and trade secret litigation and other IP disputes in trial and appeals courts, at the PTAB and the ITC, and in arbitral tribunals.

The practice is ranked by Chambers and Partners, IAM, The Legal 500, Managing IP, and Benchmark Litigation in various areas, including patent, trade secrets, ITC litigation, and PTAB practice, as well as by BTI Consulting as a “Go-To Litigation Firm” and “Best for Complex IP Litigation” in its annual “Intellectual Property Outlook” report. Paul Hastings IP lawyers have been selected numerous times as Law360’s “Most Valuable Players”; and as Trailblazers by The National Law Journal, The Recorder, The New York Law Journal, and The Daily Journal. 

At Paul Hastings, our purpose is clear — to help our clients and people navigate new paths to growth. With a strong presence throughout Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the U.S., Paul Hastings is recognized as one of the world’s most innovative global law firms.