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Firm overview

Perkins Coie is a leading international law firm that is known for providing high-value, strategic solutions and extraordinary client service on matters vital to our clients’ success. With more than 1,200 lawyers in offices across the United States and Asia, we provide a full array of corporate, commercial litigation, intellectual property and regulatory legal advice to a broad range of clients, including many of the world’s most innovative companies and industry leaders as well as public and not-for-profit organizations.

Perkins Coie is frequently recognized for its leadership in the legal profession:

FIRM ACCOLADES

• Named among the "100 Best Companies to Work For" for 21 consecutive years by Fortune, 2003 – 2023
• Ranked among the “Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services” by Great Place to Work®, 2017 – 2023
• Named one of 2021’s Best Workplaces for Parents™ by Fortune
• Recognized as an Am Law 50 firm on The American Lawyer 100 list, 2013 – 2022
• Ranked 14th largest law firm in the United States by attorney headcount by Law360, 2023
• Chambers USA recognized 194 lawyers, with 55 lawyers ranked Band 1, 2023
• Best Lawyers® recognized 388 attorneys, with 30 lawyers named "Lawyer of the Year," 2024
• Named a 2022 Top Workplace by The Washington Post

PRACTICE AND INDUSTRY SECTOR ACCOLADES

• Perkins Coie and three partners ranked in Chambers FinTech 2024 Guide
• Perkins Coie and individual partners ranked in Chambers High Net Worth 2022 Guide
• Named “Environment Law Firm of the Year” by Chambers USA, 2023
• Named “Law Firm of the Year” in Technology by Best Lawyers®, 2024
• Named “Law Firm of the Year” in Mining by U.S. News – Best Lawyers®, 2022
• Named “Law Firm of the Year” in Natural Resources Law by U.S. News – Best Lawyers®, 2021
• Nine intellectual property lawyers recognized in Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Global Leaders 2023 Guide
• Intellectual Property practice recognized by China Business Law Journal awards, 2022
• Recognized as a leading patent litigation and post-grant firm by Lex Machina’s Patent Litigation Report, 2024
• Perkins Coie and 13 lawyers recognized as leading trademark professionals by the World Trademark Review (WTR), 2024
• Perkins Coie and 51 lawyers recognized by IAM Patent 1000 as patent leaders in United States and China, 2023
• American College of Trial Lawyers named 15 lawyers as fellows of the association

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION RECOGNITIONS AND RANKINGS

• Recipient of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s (MCCA) Thomas L. Sager Award, 2021
• Awarded Mansfield 6.0 Certification Plus for Firm Leadership Inclusion from Diversity Lab, 2022 – 2023
• Named among the Best Workplaces for Millennials by Great Place to Work® and Fortune, 2020 – 2023
• Named the #1 Best Law Firm for Women and Diversity by Seramount, 2023
• Named a 2022 Inclusion Blueprint Champion by Diversity Lab
  Recipient of Weyerhaeuser’s inaugural Law Department Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award, 2022
• Received top rating in Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, 2009 – 2024
• Ranked one of the “Best Workplaces for Diversity™” by Great Place to Work® and Fortune, 2019
• Recognized by Intel Corporation as its Most Diverse Outside Legal Team
• Named among the 50 “Best Law Firms for Women” by Seramount, 2011 – 2022

PRO BONO AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

• Received the Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition's Detained Adult Champion Award, 2023
• Honored by the Washington Attorney General's Office of Military and Veteran Legal Assistance with the Veteran Heroes Law Firm Award, 2023
• ACLU of Washington’s 2021 Kathleen Taylor Civil Libertarian Award for the Black Lives Matter Seattle litigation team
• Named to Public Interest Law Initiative’s Pro Bono Recognition Roster, 2015-2016, 2019 – 2022
• Recognized in the pro bono category in the 2021 China Business Law Journal awards
• Named among the “Top 50 Companies That Care” by PEOPLE, 2021
• Received the Idaho State Bar’s 6.1 Challenge Award in the Large Firm category for Pro Bono service, 2017 – 2021
• Recognized by the Washington Lawyers Committee in 2020 for work with Compassionate Release Clearinghouse
• Honored by the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project with the 2020 Special Partnership Pro Bono Award
• Justice & Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco’s 2020 Outstanding Law Firm in Public Service Crystal Award for the Bay Area offices
• Awarded USPTO 2020 Patent Pro Bono Achievement Certificate
• Financial Times Most Innovative North American Law Firms Award named Perkins Coie a “Standout” for Oregon Center of Excellence Project

Firm overview

Haley Guiliano started as the patent practice spin-off from Ropes & Gray LLP. The Haley Guiliano team has extensive experience with representing clients of all sizes and across a multitude of industries around the globe in connection with intellectual property matters. All of our attorneys and patent agents have technical and scientific backgrounds, many of whom have graduate degrees. We are used to counseling and representing clients on high stakes complex matters – relying on both our legal analysis expertise and technological know-how.

We tailor our relationship for every one of our clients, recognizing that a cookie-cutter approach to IP representations is not adequate. We make it a point to understand our client’s business, its needs, and its goals. This underpins the work that we perform in the course of our representation.

Haley Guiliano is selective in hiring talented candidates with exceptional legal and technical/scientific backgrounds. We invest in our legal team and support staff. This includes providing each person with opportunities to work on a wide scope of projects in addition to specializing in a respective practice area. Haley Guiliano has developed an environment that fosters professional development and collegiality.

As a client, this means your matters will be handled by a team of Haley Guiliano professionals with a broad range of experience, who are able to learn about your business and your needs. This institutional knowledge will be a continuous mainstay during the course of our representation.

Firm overview

Kilpatrick is trusted counsel to the world’s most innovative companies. To serve our groundbreaking clients, we are at the forefront of client service, a leader in DE&I, and on the cutting edge of law and technology. With recognized strength in the technology sector and a full range of service offerings, we deliver practical, business-centric solutions built upon strong and enduring connections.

Firm overview