We are proud to announce the finalists for the LSPN Awards USA 2025, recognizing excellence, innovation, and leadership in life sciences IP. These individuals and organizations are shaping the future of pharmaceutical and biotech patent protection.
Company Award Finalists 2025:
Best in Patent Portfolio Management Award
Fish & Richardson
Perkins Coie
Covington
Sidley Austin
Foley & Lardner
Morrison & Foerster
Jones Day
Best Life Sciences IP Firm – Due Diligence for Life Sciences Transactions Award
Dechert
Goodwin
Kirkland & Ellis
Arnold & Porter
Ropes & Gray
Latham & Watkins
WilmerHale
Covington
Case of the Year/Impact Case Award
Dechert – Genzyme Corp. et al. v. Novartis Gene Therapy et al. (D. Del.) (PTAB).
Desmarais – The Raven v. Natera (Ravgen, Inc. v. Natera, Inc. et al, 1:20-cv-00692 (W.D. Tex.))
Paul Hastings – Allergan USA v. MSN Laboratories
WilmerHale and Morrison & Foerster – The University of California v. Broad Institute
Fenwick & West and Stradling – Edwards Life Sciences v. Merrill
Fish & Richardson and Knobbe Martens – Masimo v. Apple
Emerging Firm/One to Watch Award
HEFIP, LLC
Sterlington PLLC
Polsinelli
Pearl Cohen
O’Melveny
Excellence in Patent Licensing and Transactions
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Dechert
DLA Piper
Goodwin
Kirkland & Ellis
Arnold & Porter
Ropes & Gray
In-House Team of the Year
Genentech Intellectual Property
Gilead Sciences
GlaxoSmithKline
The Broad Institute
Eli Lilly
Inclusive Law Firm of the Year
Foley Hoag
Winston & Strawn
BSKB
Sterne Kessler
Casimir Jones
IP Boutique of the Year
Desmarais
Irell & Manella
Johnson, Marcou, Isaacs & Nix
MenloppMenlo Park Patents
RMMS
Wolf Greenfield
McCarter & English
Legal Innovator of the Year
Irell & Manella
DLA Piper
Goodwin
Latham & Watkins
WilmerHale
Williams & Connolly
Life Sciences IP firm of the Year
Dechert
Desmarais
Fish & Richardson
Irell & Manella
Goodwin
RMMS
Fenwick
DLA Piper
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
Mintz
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Williams & Connolly
Life Sciences IP Litigation Firm of the Year
Dechert
Desmarais
Fish & Richardson
Knobbe Martens
Irell & Manella
Paul Hastings
RMMS
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Latham & Watkins
WilmerHale
Life Sciences Patent Strategy Firm of the Year Award
DLA Piper
Foley Hoag
Goodwin
Greenberg Traurig
Honigman
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Ropes & Gray
Latham & Watkins
WilmerHale
Life Sciences Prosecution Firm of the Year Award
Choate, Hall & Stewart
Dechert
Greenberg Traurig
Wolf Greenfield
Jones Day
Technology Solution of the Year Award
Corsearch
PowerPatent
Questel
PatSnap
RWS
International Firm of the Year Award
Smart & Biggar
Powell Gilbert
Eagle IP
Venner Shipley
Murgitroyd
JA Kemp
Doubinsky & Osharova
Individual Awards Finalists 2025:
Inspiring Woman of the Year Award
Mercedes Meyer, Banner Witcoff
Olga Sopilnyak, Doubinsky & Osharova
Jennifer Che, Eagle IP Limited
Theresa Kavanaugh, Goodwin Procter
Pamela Tuxworth, J A Kemp
Keum Nang Park, Lee & Ko
Dr Andrea Schmoll, Osborne Clarke
Melanie Rupert, Paul Hastings
Tess Waldron, Powell Gilbert
Micheline Gravelle, Smart & Biggar
Eldora L. Ellison, PhD, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
Heidi Nebel, McKee, Voorhees and Sease
Lifetime Achievement Award
Mercedes Meyer, Banner Witcoff
John Desmarais, Desmarais
Michael Doubinsky, Doubinsky & Osharova
Don Ware, Foley Hoag
Patrick Campbell, J A Kemp
Penny Gilbert, Powell Gilbert
Jorge A. Goldstein, Director (Partner), Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
Patent Litigator of the Year Award
Katherine A. Helm, Dechert
John Desmarais, Desmarais
Eric Dittmann, Paul Hastings
Lauren Degnan, Fish & Richardson’s
Joseph Re, Knobbe Martens
William Jay, Goodwin
Daralyn Durie, Morrison and Foerster
David Gindler, Orrick
Patent Prosecutor of the Year Award
Richard LaCava, ArentFox Schiff
Paul Ragusa, Baker Botts
Timothy Casey, BakerHostetler
Mercedes Meyer, Banner Witcoff
Andrea L.C. Reid, Dechert
Robert Barrett, K&L Gates
Hathaway Russell, Managing Partner, Foley Hoag
David Dykeman, Greenberg Traurig
Karen Mangasarian, Haley Guiliano
Steven Borgman, Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton
Salima Merani, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Rising Star of the Year Award
Judy He, Crowell & Moring
Nisha Patel Gupta, Dechert
Yana Yaroshevska, Doubinsky & Osharova
Callum Beamish-Lacey, Powell Gilbert
Kerri-Ann Limbeek, Desmarais
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