32 Fenwick Attorneys Honored as 2011 Northern California Super Lawyers

Firm Dominates IP Category, Gordon Davidson Named to Top 100 Attorney List

July 22, 2011 (Mountain View and San Francisco, CA) – Fenwick & West is proud to announce that 34 of its attorneys have been named 2011 Northern California Super Lawyers, as published in the August edition of San Francisco Magazine and Northern California Super Lawyers Magazine. In addition, firm Chairman Gordon Davidson was recognized as one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers in Northern California for the eighth consecutive year.

Once again, nearly 20% of the attorneys identified in the magazine’s “Intellectual Property” category are from Fenwick, more than from any other firm. Overall, the 34 Fenwick attorneys were honored across 17 practice areas, and six more were selected as “Rising Stars” in their respective fields.

The 2011 Fenwick & West Super Lawyers and Rising Stars include:

• Sally Abel– IP, IP Litigation, International
• Tyler Baker – Antitrust Litigation, IP Litigation, Appellate
• David Bell– Securities & Corporate Finance, M&A, Corporate Governance & Compliance
• Douglas Cogen– M&A
• Rodger Cole– IP Litigation, Business Litigation
• Gordon Davidson– Securities & Corporate Finance, M&A, Corporate Governance & Compliance
• Dennis DeBroeck – Securities & Corporate Finance, M&A
• Virginia DeMarchi– IP Litigation
• William Fenwick– IP Litigation, Information Technology/Outsourcing, Alternative Dispute Resolution
• David Forst– Tax
• Kathryn Fritz– IP Litigation
• James Fuller– Tax
• Lawrence Granatelli– IP, IP Litigation, M&A
• J. David Hadden– IP Litigation
• David Hayes– IP, IP Litigation
• Linda Henry– IP
• John McNelis– IP
• Stuart Meyer– IP, IP Litigation
• Charlene Morrow– IP Litigation
• Horace Nash– Securities & Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance & Compliance
• Mark Ostrau– Antitrust Litigation, IP
• Ralph Pais– IP, M&A, International
• Lynn Pasahow– IP Litigation
• Rajiv Patel– IP, IP Litigation
• Laurence Pulgram– IP Litigation, Business Litigation, Class Action/Mass Torts
• Michael Sacksteder– IP Litigation
• Victor Schachter – Employment & Labor, Employment Litigation: Defense
• Laird Simons– Securities & Corporate Finance
• Emmett Stanton– Business Litigation, Securities Litigation
• Mark Stevens– Business/Corporate, M&A
• Darryl Woo – IP Litigation
• Mitchell Zimmerman– IP, IP Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution

RISING STARS

• Carolyn Chang – IP Litigation
• Blake Martell– Employee Benefits/ERISA
• Heather Mewes – IP Litigation, Appellate
• Gregory Roussel– M&A, Securities & Corporate Finance, Business/Corporate
• Saina Shamilov– IP Litigation
• Jae Won Song– IP, IP Litigation

About Fenwick & West

Established in 1972, Fenwick & West LLP is one of the nation's premier law firms providing comprehensive legal services to high technology and life sciences clients in Seattle, San Francisco and Silicon Valley; particularly in the areas of litigation and dispute resolution, antitrust, securities, venture capital and other corporate finance, corporate governance, joint ventures, M&A and strategic relationships, intellectual property, taxation and employment and labor law. More information can be found on www.fenwick.com.