Kourtney Mueller Merrill Partner

Perkins Coie is proud to announce that 388 of its lawyers have been recognized by Best Lawyers® 2024. A total of 275 attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and 113 attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that 51 of its intellectual property (IP) lawyers in the United States and Asia were recognized by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) in the 2023 IAM Patent 1000 list.

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that 49 of its intellectual property (IP) attorneys in the United States and Asia were recognized by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) in the 2022 IAM Patent 1000 list, which recognizes the world’s leading, best-in-class patent professionals in patent prosecution, licensing, and litigation. The firm was also ranked nationally in the United States and China and internationally overall for patent litigation, prosecution, and post-grant proceedings.  

Kourtney Mueller Merrill was mentioned in "Patent Board Probes Filing Date In Wireless Tech IP Fight," an article in Law360, regarding her oral argument before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board on a 3G Licensing S.A. wireless communication system patent. 

Perkins Coie was mentioned in the Law360* article, "PTAB Cuts Sisvel Wireless Patent, Trims 2 Others," regarding the firm's representation in a recent patent litigation win before the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO).