Eight Knobbe Martens Attorneys Named Top Lawyers Of 2011 By OC Metro Magazine

Orange County litigation partners Joseph Cianfrani, Michael Friedland, Jon Gurka and Darrell Olson, prosecution partners Sabing Lee and Susan Natland, and associates Tirzah Lowe and Nathan Smith of Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP have been included in the 2011 edition of OC’s Top Lawyers by OC METRO magazine. The special section is featured in the August issue of the magazine.

The complete list is comprised of five attorneys in each of 19 specialty areas. Joseph Cianfrani, Sabing Lee and Nathan Smith were named Top OC Patent Attorneys. Michael Friedland was named Top OC IP Attorney. Susan Natland was named Top OC IP Attorney and Top OC Copyright Attorney. John Gurka, Tirzah Lowe and Darrell Olson were named Top OC Copyright Attorneys. Cianfrani, Friedland, Gurka, Natland, Lee and Olson were recognized as OC’s Top Lawyers in 2010 as well.

To determine the list of Top Lawyers, OC METRO partnered with Avvo, an online company that profiles and rates over 90 percent of licensed attorneys in the U.S. For the full article and methodology, visit www.ocmetro.com

Consistently ranked among the top intellectual property firms worldwide, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP has over 275 lawyers and scientists nationwide and dedicates its practice to all aspects of intellectual property law including litigation. Knobbe Martens serves a diverse group of clients from multinational corporations to emerging businesses of all stages. The firm is headquartered in Orange County, California, with offices in San Diego, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C., and will open a new Silicon Valley office in September 2011. The firm enjoys an international reputation for excellence. More information about the firm can be found at www.knobbe.com