Nineteen Goodwin lawyers and several practices have been recognized for excellence across a variety of patent, transactional, and trademark matters in Managing IP’s 2026 rankings. The annual Managing IP rankings have been based on a comprehensive review of experience, workload, market reputation, and outcomes achieved for clients around the world.
Goodwin’s Intellectual Property team advises clients across industries, vigorously defending their clients’ IP assets and asserting their IP rights, while serving as strategic advisors to help clients develop and implement policies and practices for procuring, protecting, and exploiting patents and other IP.
Goodwin was highly ranked in various practice areas in key geographic regions including:
- United States: Federal Circuit, IP Transactions, Life Sciences IP, Patent Disputes, Patent Prosecution, PTAB Litigation, Trade Secrets
- United Kingdom: IP Transactions
- California: Patent Disputes
- Massachusetts: Patent Disputes, Patent Prosecution, Trademark
- New York: Patent Disputes
Partner and Intellectual Property Litigation co-chair Elaine Blais was named to Managing IP’s Top 250 Women in IP list, an exclusive guide honoring leading female intellectual property practitioners in private practice worldwide who demonstrate exceptional service and leadership in the field.
Elaine focuses her practice on intellectual property litigation, with particular emphasis on patent litigation and licensing disputes, and has first-chaired numerous lawsuits and taken cases to trial in federal courts nationwide. She is a member of Goodwin’s Allocations Committee, previously served on the firm’s Executive Committee, and is the former head of Goodwin’s Litigation department in Boston.
Additionally, Goodwin lawyers were selected as 2026 Transactions Stars, Patent Stars, and Notable Practitioners.
- Kristina Bieker – Patent Star (MA)
- Elaine Blais – Patent Star (MA)
- Scott Bluni – Patent Star (MA)
- Linnea Cipriano – Patent Star (NY)
- Lori Gordon – Patent Star (DC)
- Duncan Greenhalgh – Patent Star & Transactions Star (MA)
- William Jay – Patent Star (DC)
- Kevin Kabler – Patent Star (CA)
- Theresa Kavanaugh – Patent Star & Transactions Star (MA)
- Douglas Kline – Patent Star (MA)
- Colm Murphy – Patent Star (UK)
- Andrew Ong – Notable Practitioner (CA)
- John Padro - Notable Practitioner (NY)
- Morag Peberdy – Notable Practitioner (UK)
- Michael Shuster – Patent Star (CA)
- Kingsley Taft – Transactions Star (MA)
- Daryl Wiesen – Patent Star (MA)
- Darryl Woo – Patent Star (CA)
- Tim Worden – Patent Star & Transactions Star (UK)
To learn more about Goodwin’s 2026 rankings, visit Managing IP.