Nearly 200 ChIPsters made the list from Best Lawyers.
We’re proud to recognize the ChIPs members who were named to the 2027 edition of Best Lawyers’ list of top attorneys. Many of these honorees also volunteer their time and expertise in support of our mission, and this recognition reflects the excellence they bring to their work and to our community. Congratulations to all who made the list! See all of the ChIPsters who were honored below.
ChIPs Members Among Best Lawyers 2027
(Alphabetized by Last Name)
| Sonal Agarwal, Bell & Manning |
| Safiya Aguilar, Finnegan, Henderson, Farrabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP |
| Katie Albanese, Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
| Purvi Albers, Haynes and Boone, LLP |
| Natalie Alfaro Gonzales, Yetter Coleman LLP |
| Cristina Almendarez, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP |
| Cesie Alvarez, Lavely & Singer |
| Andrea Anderson, Holland & Hart LLP |
| Maria Anderson, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP |
| Dorothy Auth, Davis Graham LLP |
| Jennifer Bailey, Erise IP PA |
| Anna Baker, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP |
| Vidya Bala, Fletcher Yoder LLP |
| Alison Baldwin, Baldwin IP PLLC |
| Holiday Banta, Ice Miller LLP |
| Katy Basile, Reed Smith LLP |
| Amy Bergeron, Yetter Coleman LLP |
| Susan Betcher, Perkins Coie LLP |
| Tiffany Blofield, Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
| Elizabeth Borland, Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP |
| Mehrnaz Boroumand Smith, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP |
| Meg Boulware, Boulware & Valoir PLLC |
| Erin Bowles, Brooks Kushman P.C. |
| Felicia Boyd, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP |
| Kelsey Brandes, Polsinelli |
| Manon Burns, Amin Wasserman Gurnani |
| Kelly Burris, Burris Law, PLLC |
| Carlyn Burton, Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton |
| Rebecca Cantor, Brooks Kushman P.C. |
| Rachel Carnaggio, Holland & Hart LLP |
| Dale Cendali, Kirkland & Ellis LLP |
| Rebecca Clegg, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP |
| Gina Cornelio, Dorsey & Whitney LLP |
| Diane Danoff, Dechert LLP |
| Jennifer Debrow, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP |
| Stephanie DeBrow, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP |
| Jean Dickman, Jones Robb PLLC |
| Cara Donels, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP |
| Bindu Donovan, Morrison Foerster |
| Tina Dorr, Barnes & Thornburg |
| Erica Dorsey, Ruggiero McAllister & McMahon LLC (RuggieroIP) |
| Jordan Downham, Quarles & Brady LLP |
| Caroline Duncan, Baker Botts LLP |
| Nicole Dunham, Perkins Coie LLP |
| Heather Dunn, DLA Piper LLP |
| Gina Durham, DLA Piper LLP |
| Daralyn Durie, Morrison Foerster |
| G Roxanne Elings, Davis Wright Tremaine |
| Erynn Embree, Maschoff Brennan |
| Alexandra Ewing, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. |
| Vinita Ferrera, WilmerHale |
| Barbara Fiacco, Foley Hoag LLP |
| Katherine Franco, Blank Rome LLP |
| Angela B Freeman, Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
| Nicole Galli, ND Galli Law LLC |
| Charity Gates, Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP |
| Allison Glasunow, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP |
| Angela Gott, Benesch |
| Felicity Groth, BakerHostetler |
| Kendall Gurule, Polsinelli |
| Patchen Haggerty, Perkins Coie LLP |
| Jordan Hameen, Sideman & Bancroft LLP |
| Katherine Hamer, TraskBritt |
| Grace Han Stanton, Perkins Coie LLP |
| Kristin Hardy, Taft Law |
| Nichole Hayden, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP |
| Danielle Healey, Fish & Richardson P.C. |
| Katherine A. Helm, Dechert LLP | Makenzi Herbst, WilmerHale |
| Catherine Holland, Knobbe Martens |
| Brenda Holmes, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP |
| Bobbie Horocofsky, Polsinelli |
| Melanie Howard, Loeb & Loeb LLP |
| Weihong Hsing, Ice Miller LLP |
| Samantha Hunt, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP |
| Alexa Hunter, Kilpatrick |
| Mika Ito, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP |
| Kate Johnson (Womble Bond), Womble Bond (per name list note) |
| Carey Jordan, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP |
| Ana Juneja, Ana Law LLC |
| Wendy Kearns, Davis Wright Tremaine |
| Meghan Killian, Duane Morris LLP |
| Gloria Kim, Perkins Coie LLP |
| Seowoo Kim, skim@jd19.law.harvard.edu |
| Heather Kliebenstein, Merchant & Gould P.C. |
| Lauren Konrai-Mori, Renner Otto |
| Laura Labeots, Lathrop GPM |
| Eleanor Lackman, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP |
| Bethany Lahmann, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
| Jennifer Lantz, Duane Morris LLP |
| Maren Laurence, Foley & Lardner |
| Taylor Lavender, Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
| Justine Lee, Reed Smith |
| Leah Leyendecker, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP |
| Anita Liu, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP |
| Stephanie Lodise, BakerHostetler |
| Nora Luo, Jones Day |
| Hannah Lutz, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP |
| Alexandra Lynn, Husch Blackwell LLP |
| Giordana Mahn, Fish & Richardson PC |
| Anita Marinelli, Miller Canfield |
| Christina Martini, Dechert LLP |
| Danica Mathes, Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP |
| Sarah Matthews, Dentons Durham Jones Pinegar P.C. |
| Anna McCoy, McCoy Russell LLP |
| Elena McFarland, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. |
| Nicole McLaughlin, Duane Morris LLP |
| Kate McMorrow, BakerHostetler |
| Michelle McMullen, Ph.D., Polsinelli |
| Kate Mead, Lee & Hayes, PC |
| Parna Mehrbani, Tonkon Torp LLP |
| Sonal Mehta, WilmerHale |
| Kourtney Merrill, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP |
| Nancy Mertzel, Mertzel Law PLLC |
| Jennifer Mikulina, McDermott Will & Emery LLP |
| Tiffany Miller, DLA Piper LLP |
| Stephanie Mishaga, Jones Day |
| Rivka Monheit, Pabst Patent Group LLP |
| Melissa Muenks, Advanced Micro Devices |
| Jennifer Nall, DLA Piper LLP |
| Cynthia Neal, Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP |
| Anna Nelson, Tucker Ellis LLP |
| Jean Nguyen, Morrison Foerster |
| Melissa Nowak, Christensen O’Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC |
| Angela Oliver, Haynes and Boone, LLP |
| Anna Onley, Perkins Coie LLP |
| Bina Patel, Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP |
| Svetlana Pavlovic, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP |
| Karthika Perumal, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP |
| Janet Peyton, McGuireWoods LLP |
| Jessamine Pilcher, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP |
| Deborah Pollack Milgate, Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
| Claudia Ray, Kirkland & Ellis LLP |
| Lydia Raw, Erise IP |
| Monica Richman, Dentons |
| Marta Rocha, Quarles & Brady |
| Irina Rodrigues, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck |
| Ashley Ross, Kirkland & Ellis LLP |
| Nancy Rubner-Frandsen, Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld |
| Susan Russell, Capstone Intellectual Property Law PC |
| Dorianne Salmon, Perkins Coie LLP |
| Bethany Salpietra, Baker Botts LLP |
| Margaret Sampson, McDermott Will & Emery LLP |
| Nadya Sand, Alston & Bird |
| Nikki Sanford, BakerHostetler |
| Sarah Schlotter, Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks |
| Johanna Schmitt, Norton Rose Fulbright |
| Lauren Schweitzer, Kirkland & Ellis LLP |
| Melanie Seelig, Knobbe Martens |
| Ashlee Sherman, Perkins Coie LLP |
| Tiffany Shimada, Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Dorsey & Whitney LLP |
| Gina Shishima, Norton Rose Fulbright |
| Elizabeth Shuster, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP |
| Angela Silvers, Workman Nydegger |
| Sarah Simpson, Allens |
| Jacalyn Smith, Nixon Peabody LLP |
| Rachel Smith, Brooks Kushman P.C. |
| Miranda Sooter, Alston & Bird |
| Jennifer Spaith, Stoel Rives LLP |
| Elaine Spector, Harrity & Harrity, LLP |
| Claudia Stangle, Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. |
| Paulina Starostka, DLA Piper LLP |
| Jenna Stokes, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |
| Lauren Stokes, Moore & Van Allen |
| Maria Stout, Knobbe Martens |
| Janice Ta, Perkins Coie LLP |
| Hayley Talbert, Seed IP Law Group LLP |
| Lauri Thompson, Greenberg Traurig LLP |
| Jacqueline Tio, Fish & Richardson P.C. |
| Diana Torres, Kirkland & Ellis LLP |
| Anita Varma, White & Case LLP |
| Sabina Vayer, Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
| Deborah Vernon, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP |
| Anne Vilsoet, Polsinelli |
| Cynthia Walden, Fish & Richardson P.C. |
| Kandace Walter, Walter Legal PLLC |
| Grace Wang, Paul Hastings LLP |
| Jianbai Wang, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
| Sabrina Wang, Knobbe Martens |
| Ann Wessberg, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. |
| Dana Zottola, Alston & Bird |