Eight Merchant & Gould Attorneys Named 2011 Best Lawyers in America®

Eight Merchant & Gould Attorneys Named 2011

Best Lawyers in America®

MINNEAPOLIS, August 10, 2010 - Merchant & Gould, an intellectual property law firm, today announced that eight of the firm's attorneys are named by their peers in The Best Lawyers in America 2011®. The attorneys, who represent three regional offices, are recognized for intellectual property law unless otherwise noted.

Denver

John E. Burke, Biotechnology Law, Intellectual Property Law

Peter A. Gergely

George G. Matava

Timothy B. Scull, Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law

Knoxville

John A. Lucas, Commercial Litigation

Minneapolis

Allen W. Hinderaker

Scott W. Johnston

Anthony R. Zeuli

Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which thousands of leading attorneys throughout the country cast more than 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties. Because of the rigorous and transparent methodology used by Best Lawyers, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.

About Merchant & Gould

Merchant & Gould is a national intellectual property law firm with more than 100 attorneys in offices in Atlanta, Denver, Knoxville, Madison, Minneapolis, New York, Omaha, Seattle and Washington, DC. The firm has represented the worldwide intellectual property interests of clients in diverse industries and technologies for 110 years.

About Best Lawyers

First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive annual peer-review survey. For the new U.S. edition, more than 24,126 leading attorneys cast more than 2.8 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in the same and related specialties. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."

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