Thompson Hine Partners Marla Butler, Christopher Larus and Ash Patel Named to Lawdragon’s Inaugural Global IP Lawyers List

Thompson Hine announced today that three partners have been selected for the inaugural edition of Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Global IP Lawyers, which highlights top attorneys across the U.S. for excellence in patent, trademark, trade secrets, and IP litigation work.

• Marla R. Butler, a partner in the Atlanta office, represents clients in the medical, semiconductor, power, networking, and other high-tech industries in high-stakes commercial litigations, arbitrations, and trials. She helps clients proactively take on commercial threats, monetize their patent assets and/or defend against lawsuits that threaten their businesses. She conducts critical early case evaluations to help clients quickly assess risk, which helps them predict important outcomes and see a fuller range of strategic options.

• Christopher K. Larus, chair of the firm’s intellectual property & technology litigation practice and leader of the firm’s Minneapolis office, tries complex patent, trade secret, copyright, trademark, and licensing cases. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants in courts throughout the country, and in both national and international arbitration. Larus also works with clients to protect and monetize intellectual property assets outside of the disputes context. He has extensive experience planning and implementing licensing campaigns involving a broad range of intellectual property assets and technologies.

• Ash D. Patel, a partner in the Atlanta office and leader of the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group focuses his practice on patent and trademark litigation, domestic and foreign patent and trademark prosecution, and the negotiation and preparation of intellectual property agreements, including licensing and strategic alliance agreements.

The Lawdragon selection process has been refined over 30 years of researching and reporting on the legal profession and creating guides of the most effective lawyers and legal professionals. Lawdragon’s editorial team selects honorees through submissions, journalistic research of the lawyers behind the biggest cases, and editorial vetting from a board of leading litigators.