Ned Israelsen And Joseph Reisman Of Knobbe Martens Selected As Top IP Attorneys In San Diego
Ned Israelsen and Joseph Reisman were both selected as one of the San Diego Top Intellectual Property Attorneys based on a recent survey of their peers. The list of San Diego County's Top Attorneys for 2008 is the culmination of a voting process in which San Diego County lawyers are asked to nominate peers who they feel are worthy of the recognition based on professional experience. The nominations are then tabulated by The Daily Transcript, San Diego's local business newspaper. The top 25 attorneys are selected as semi-finalists for each category which include Corporate/ Business, Municipal/Government, Real Estate/Construction, Labor/Employment, Criminal and Intellectual Property law. The top 25 semi-finalists in each category then cast votes for the top 10 attorneys in their practice, thus selecting the finalists for each category. Israelsen and Reisman were amongst the top 10 finalists in 2008, as well as in 2007.
Israelsen, Managing Partner of the San Diego office, joined the firm in 1983 and moved to the San Diego office in 1985. He has provided the leadership necessary to build the firm's San Diego practice from two attorneys in 1984, to the present count of 40. Israelsen focuses his practice primarily on advising both startup companies and established businesses in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical areas including worldwide patent protection strategies, avoidance of third party intellectual property, portfolio building, due diligence, intellectual property opinions, and licensing. His clients include venture-financed startup companies, newly-public companies, major biopharmaceutical companies, not-for-profit institutions, educational institutions and governmental research organizations.
Reisman, who has been with the firm since 1998, has extensive experience with intellectual property litigation particularly for clients in the pharmaceutical industry, as well as patent litigation and appellate work involving various technologies. Additionally, Reisman frequently speaks and writes on intellectual property related matters and is an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego, School of Law. Recently, in the coordinated patent litigations regarding Sanofi-Aventis' antihistamine Allegra®, he obtained, and upheld on appeal, the denial of a preliminary injunction. Also, as appellate counsel, he helped invalidate a patent related to Pfizer's cholesterol-reducing drug Lipitor®.
Knobbe Martens, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the United States, opened their San Diego office in 1984, and presently houses 40 lawyers and 7 scientists and engineers, all of whom hold technical degrees. The office includes the largest pharmaceutical and biotech practice in San Diego, and also includes experienced professionals in key technical areas such as telecommunications, software, and medical devices.
Knobbe Martens represents clients in all areas of intellectual property law, including transactional and litigation practices. Clients include public and private companies at various stages of growth, from start-up to the Fortune 500 worldwide. Several members of the firm have been voted among the world's leading intellectual property lawyers. Founded in 1962, the firm is one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the United States. More information about Knobbe Martens can be found at: www.knobbe.com
